2019-08-26 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019
AT 6:30 P.M., HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3519 LIBERTY DR.
CALL TO ORDER
P&Z Chairperson Daniel Tunstall opened the meeting for the P&Z Special Meeting at 6:30
p.m.
In attendance were:
P&Z Chairperson Daniel Tunstall
P&Z Vice Chairperson Thomas Duncan
P&Z Commissioner Ronald Wicker
P&Z Commissioner Mary Starr
P&Z Commissioner Andrew Earles
Also present were Deputy City Attorney Lawrence Provins, Planning Manager Martin
Griggs and Office Assistant Alma Gonzales.
Chairperson Tunstall read into the record the items on the consent agenda.
Commissioner Starr made a motion to approve, Vice — Chairperson Duncan seconded
the motion.
CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed under the "Consent Agenda" are considered to be routine and
require little or no deliberation by the P&Z Commission. These items will be
enacted / approved by one motion unless a commissioner requests separate
action on an item, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent
Agenda and considered by separate action (ix. Matters removed from
Consent Agenda). Approval of the Consent Agenda enacts the items
of legislation.
CONSIDERATION & POSSIBLE ACTION — APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND
EXCUSED ABSENCE
1. Excuse the absence of Commissioner Pradia from the August 5, 2019 P&Z Regular
Meeting.
2. Approve the P&Z Regular Meeting Minutes from the August 5, 2019.
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Motion passed 5-0
NEW BUSINESS
Chairperson Tunstall read into the record the items on Consideration and Possible
Action - the Variance from the 3 to 1 Front to Depth Ratio VARP 19-00018. Commissioner
Wicker made a motion to approve, Commissioner Earles seconded the motion.
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION — VARIANCE FROM THE 3 TO 1
FRONT TO DEPTH RATIO. VARP 19-00018
A request of Donna Eckels of Pro Surv, the applicant; on behalf of Rayson C.
Pritchard and Dorothy Painter, owner; for approval of a Variance Permitted in Section
2.2.5.2 (a) (4) of the Unified Development Code, Ordinance No. 2000-T, to increase
the maximum lot depth to width ratio from the 3 to 1 to a ratio of 3.349 to 1 to allow the
platting of a lot described to wit:
Legal Description: A subdivision of a 2.93 acre tract of land, being out of Lot 53, of West
Friendwood Subdivision, in Brazoria County, Texas as recorded in Volume 1, Page 96 of
the Deed Records of Brazoria County, Texas.
General Location: 17616 County Road 125
Planning Manager Griggs presented the Staff report with exhibits and informed that
Staff recommended approval of the requested variance from the requirements of
Section 3.2.14.2 (c), which requires the approval of the Planning and Zoning
Commission to increase the depth to width ratio from 3 to 1 to a ratio of 3.349 to 1 for
the following reason:
1. To allow the property to be subdivided per the requirements of Chapter 3 of the
Unified Development Code.
No input from the public were made
No further comments from the P&Z Commission were made
Motion passed 5-0
Chairperson Tunstall read into the record the items on Consideration and Possible
Action — Variance to Create an Irregular Shaped Lot and Flag Lot with Multiple Frontage
VARP 19-00019. Commissioner Starr made a motion to approve, Vice — Chairperson
Duncan seconded the motion.
Planning Manager Griggs presented the Staff report with exhibits and informed that
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Staff recommended approval of the requested variance per Section 2.6.1.1 (b) (1), from
Sections 3.2.14.2 (c) and (e) which will allow the platting of an irregular shaped lot with
double frontage for the following reasons.
1. The irregular shaped lot with double frontage will allow multiple access to the
property.
No input from the public were made
Vice - Chairperson Duncan questioned how the neighboring property became an R3
zoning, Planning Manager Griggs and Deputy City Attorney Provins explained the
property was more likely to have been considered for the subdivision next to the said
property but informed that the buffer requirements for General Commercial (GC)
configurations would not change.
Motion passed 5-0
DISCUSSION ITEMS
1. Discussion of Proposed UDC Amendments part 2 — Planning Manager Griggs
discussed the proposed updates as follows:
The outline presented in April was discussed to be brought to the commission for
discussion in two parts. The remaining items below will be addressed in the next
batch of UDC amendments which staff would like to have P&Z discussion and
input: Chapter 2, Zoning Regulations
• Remove outdoor activity references currently spread throughout Article 4,
Zoning Districts, and Article 5, Division 2 — Land Use Matrix and create a new,
singular section for the topic. Chapter 3, Subdivision Regulations
• Remove the landscape plan requirement from the amending, preliminary, and
final plat processes;
• Redefine the master plat as a "master plan" with approval vested in the
Administrative Official.
• Include an allowance for the approval of a final plat prior to the completion of
all infrastructure improvements that would allow the Planning and Zoning
Commission to approve the final plat, but the plat would not be filed until all
infrastructure is accepted by the City. This would require the developer to sign
an agreement to such. The items brought up in previous discussion, changing
uses which require conditional use permit, adding new uses such as payday
loans, title loans, cash advance, CBD, pipeline setback, and revisions to the
landscape section of Chapter 4 will be brought forth in the third round of updates.
Discussion ensued by Staff and P&Z Commissioners regarding the 80-90%
infrastructure completion of a property should be addressed before a final plat
receives approval, surety bonds, landscaping plat requirements and the definition
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of outdoor activities. Staff informed the who the UDC Committee Members
included Chad Thumann, Alan Muellar, Chairperson Tony Carbone,
Councilmembers Trent Perez and Adrian Hernandez, Derrell Isenberg, P&Z Vice —
Chairperson Thomas Duncan and Citizens Terry Morgan and Rusk Wilkins
2. Commissioners Activity Report — Commissioner Starr informed of an article she
read regarding the banning of zoning for single family residence and accessory
Tots in the state of Oregon.
3. Next P&Z Regular Meeting — September 09, 2019
ADJOURNMENT
P&Z Chairperson Tunstall adjourned the P&Z Regular meeting at 7:32 p.m.
These minutes were respectfully submitted by:
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected on this 9th day of September 2019, A.D.
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Daniel Tunstall, P : Z Chai person
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