Planning Commission

CITY OF NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ZOOM 550 LANDA STREET TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM AGENDA 1. CALL TO ORDER Request all phones and other devices be turned off, except emergency on-call personnel. 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A) Approval of the November 4th, 2020 Regular Meeting 20-872 Minutes. 4. CITIZENS' COMMUNICATIONS This time is for citizens to address the Planning Commission on issues and items of concerns not on this agenda. There will be no Planning Commission action at this time. 5. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the Planning Commission and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Planning Commissioner or citizen so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the normal order of business. A) FP20-0263 Approval of the final plat for Laubach 20-855 Subdivision Unit 5 with conditions. Applicant: Tim Gorena; HMT Engineering & Surveying B) FP20-0264 Approval of the final plat for Laubach 20-862 Subdivision Unit 6 with conditions. Applicant: Tim Gorena; HMT Engineering & Surveying C) FP20-0265 Approval of the final plat for Solms Landing 20-864 Collector, Phase 1A. Applicant: Nick Reynolds; KFW Engineers 6. INDIVIDUAL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION A) Presentation and discussion of Workforce Housing 20-745 Advisory Committee initiatives and work plan. B) PZ20-0203 Public hearing and recommendation to City 20-816 Council regarding a proposed rezoning of approximately [1]  Planning Commission Agenda December 1, 2020 38 acres out of Subdivision No. 112 of the A.M. Esnaurizar Eleven League Grant, located on SH 46 South, adjacent to Stonegate Subdivision, from “APD” Agricultural/Pre-Development District and “PD” Planned Development District to “ZH-A” Zero Lot Line Home District. Owner/Applicant: Rick Rodriguez, Brass Real Estate Growth Fund IV LP C) SUP20-254 Public hearing and recommendation to City 20-843 Council regarding a proposed rezoning to apply a Special Use Permit to allow a single family residential use in the “M-1” Light Industrial District on 0.22 acres out of Lots 240 and 241 NCB 2014, addressed at 394 N. Market Avenue. Applicant/Owner: Leonard & Kay Kobeski D) SUP20-258 Public hearing and recommendation to City 20-841 Council regarding a proposed amendment to an existing Special Use Permit for an animal shelter to allow an additional building and parking lot for the purpose of spaying and neutering dogs and cats at 3353 Morningside Drive. Owner/Applicant: Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area (Sarah Hammond) E) SUP20-267 Public hearing and recommendation to City 20-861 Council regarding a proposed rezoning to apply a Special Use Permit to allow a variety of residential and non-residential development on approximately 49.5 acres out of the A-103, Sarah Dewitt Survey, addressed at 514 & 720 W. Zipp Road, from “R-1A-6.6” Single Family District to allow all uses allowed in the following zoning districts: “MU-B” High Intensity Mixed Use, “R-1A-4” Single-Family Small Lot Residential, “ZH-A” Zero Lot Line Home and “R-2A” Single and Two-Family Residential. Applicant: Thor Thornhill; Owner: Gregory Family Revocable Trust F) ORD19-249 Public hearing and recommendation of an 20-851 ordinance amending Chapter 144, Zoning, Section 144-1.4, Definitions, to include new use terms; Sections 3.3 and 3.4 Zoning districts and regulations for property zoned prior to and subsequent to June 22, 1987, and [2]  Planning Commission Agenda December 1, 2020 Section 3.8, Walnut Special District, to temporarily suspend Building Design Standards; Section 4.2, Land Use Matrix, to identify districts allowing the new uses; Section 5.1, Parking, to identify parking standards for new uses and to clarify parking requirements; Section 5.4 to clarify accessory structure requirements; and, Section 5.21, General Provisions, to clarify exceptions for front porches in yard setbacks, and to clarify rear yard requirements for lots abutting drainage easements. Jean Drew, Senior Planner G) WVR20-225 Consideration of a waiver to Section 118-44 20-859 of the Subdivision Platting Ordinance to allow block lengths to exceed 1,200 feet in the proposed Preserve at Elm Creek Subdivision. Applicant: William B. Ball, P.E., HMT Engineering & Surveying; Owner: JHJ Land and Cattle Company Holdings, LLC H) WVR20-226 Consideration of a waiver to Section 20-858 118-46(s)(11) of the Subdivision Platting Ordinance to allow proposed lots to not comply with the minimum required frontage of 100 feet as required for the large lot street standard in the proposed Preserve at Elm Creek Subdivision. Applicant: William B. Ball, P.E., HMT Engineering & Surveying; Owner: JHJ Land and Cattle Company Holdings, LLC I) WVR20-260 Consideration of a waiver to Section 20-870 118-46(j) of the Subdivision Platting Ordinance to not require a temporary turnaround in Heatherfield Subdivision, Unit 3. Applicant: Tim Gorena, P.E., HMT Engineering & Surveying; Owner: Pulte Homes of Texas, LP (Sean Miller, Division Director of Land Acquisition) J) WVR20-261 Discuss and consider a recommendation to 20-877 City Council regarding a request for a waiver to the Subdivision Plating Ordinance to allow payment of escrow in lieu of construction of 4-foot wide public sidewalks adjacent to West Zipp Road for Unit 1 of the Voges Subdivision. Applicant: Tim Gorena, P.E., HMT Engineering & Surveying; Owner: Rausch Coleman Homes San Antonio, LLC K) WVR20-262 Consideration of a waiver to Section 20-873 [3]  Planning Commission Agenda December 1, 2020 118-46(j) of the Subdivision Platting Ordinance to not require a temporary turnaround for August Fields Subdivision, Phase 5. Applicant: Bill Ball, P.E., HMT Engineering & Surveying; Owner: August Fields, LP (Barth Timmerman) 7. STAFF REPORT 8. ADJOURNMENT CERTIFICATION I hereby certify the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the New Braunfels City Hall on (DATE) at (TIME) _____________________________________ Caitlin Krobot, City Secretary NOTE: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, or large print, are requested to contact the City Secretary’s Office at 221-4010 at least two (2) work days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. [4]