* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] JULY 14TH [I) Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call] AND THE TIME IS 6:30 PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO ORDER. MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? C HERE. WHAT? HERE? HERE. KIN. HERE, CALVIN? HERE. HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR QUORUM. THE FIRST [II) Approval of Minutes] ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 23RD, 2026. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. CAN I GET A MOTION ON MADAM CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM COMMISSIONER HILDRETH AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER COPELAND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. PERFECT. WE'VE GOT OUR MINUTES. ALRIGHT, NEXT IS OUR CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WELCOMES COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS EARLY IN THE AGENDA OF REGULAR MEETINGS. SPEAKERS ARE PROVIDED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ON ANY AGENDA ITEM OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING CITY BUSINESS, AND THEY MUST OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THAT. OKAY? NO. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEXT [IV) Consent ] CONSENT. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED REPL OF BOX 12 THROUGH 18 BLOCK F PHASE TWO OF THE PORTER COUNTRY SUBDIVISION, SUB DASH 26 DASH 0 3 9 9. WE NEED A MOTION TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS UNLESS ANYBODY NEEDS TO DISCUSS. DISCUSS IT. APPROVAL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM VICE CHAIR STEGEL AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILDRETH. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED NAY. OKAY. THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. NEXT STEP IS, [3) Consider approval of a Conditional Use Permit extension request for a proposed Brew Pub located at 705 N. Old Hwy 81 in the IH-35 and Old Highway 81 Overlay Districts. (Grit and Gyle Brew Pub - CUP-24-0116)] UM, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT EXTENSION REQUEST FOR A PROPOSED BREW PUB LOCATED AT 7 0 5 NORTH OLD HIGHWAY 81 AND THE IH 35 AND OLD HIGHWAY 81 OVERLAY DISTRICTS. THIS IS GRIT, GULE BREW PUB, CUP DASH 24 DASH 0 1 1 6. MS. SHARP. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, KAYLA SHARP, SENIOR PLANNER. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A REQUEST TO EXTEND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR GRIT AND GULE BREW PUB, UM, LOCATED ON OLD HIGHWAY 81. UM, Y'ALL SAW THIS JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THEY'RE PROPOSING A ROUGHLY 6,200 SQUARE FEET BREWERY. UM, THE MATERIALS CONSIST OF BRICK STUCCO AND METAL PANELS. UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, JUST AS A REMINDER, ARE VALID FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL UNLESS CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED. UM, THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PPEC TO OBTAIN APPROVALS FOR THEIR ELECTRICAL WORK, WHICH HAS DELAYED THEM A BIT. UM, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION AND THEY ANTICIPATE TO BREAK GROUND BEFORE THE END OF 2026. THERE'S KIND OF A REFRESHER ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE FRONT FACADE SIDE FACADE. UM, AND JUST TO, TO CLARIFY THAT, WE DID HAVE SOME STAFF PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS LAST TIME, UM, THAT WERE APPROVED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED. WE JUST DON'T HAVE UPDATED RENDERINGS. SO YOU GET MY LOVELY, UH, POWERPOINT RENDERINGS FOR THAT. UM, SIDE FACADE BACK, THERE'S SOME UPDATED RENDERINGS. SORRY IF I'M GOING A LITTLE TOO FAST, BUT, UM, FEEL FREE TO HAVE ME BACKTRACK IF NEEDED. UM, SO YOUR OPTIONS TODAY ARE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, APPROVE WITH MODIFICATIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HILDRETH. IS THERE A SECOND ON THAT? SECOND. OKAY, SO MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER HILDRETH AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER COPELAND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S CAUSING THE DELAY. UM, IT WAS WORKING WITH, WITH PEC, UM, THERE WAS SOME ELECTRICAL WORK THAT WAS NEEDED THAT DELAYED THEM A BIT. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK, GET WORKED THROUGH AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT PAST IT. YES, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LIKELY COMING CLOSE TO FINDING A RESOLUTION. THEY LIKE, THEY, LIKE I SAID, THEY ANTICIPATE BREAKING GROUND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. ANY OTHER, ANYONE ELSE WITH, UH, COMMENT OR DIS REMARKS ON THE MOTION? DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT EXTENSION REQUEST, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. ALL OPPOSED [00:05:01] SAY NAY. OKAY, THAT ONE IS TAKEN CARE OF. NEXT, WE HAVE [4) Consider approval of a Conditional Use Permit for two warehouse buildings located approximately at 278 Republic Drive in the I-35 Overlay District. (CUP-26-0153)] CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR TWO WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY AT 2 7 8 REPUBLIC DRIVE IN THE I 35 OVERLAY DISTRICT. THIS ONE IS UP DASH 26 DASH 0 1 53 MS. SHARP. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. KAYLA SHARP, SENIOR PLANNER. UM, LAST ONE FOR ME TONIGHT. SO THIS ONE IS FOUR TWO WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 2 7 8 REPUBLIC DRIVE. UM, THIS IS IN THE I 35 OVERLAY DISTRICT. THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING A TOTAL OF FOUR WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS. UM, HOWEVER, ONLY TWO OF THOSE ARE LOCATED IN THE I 35 DISTRICT. SO, UM, THEY DO PLAN TO GENERALLY KIND OF MATCH THE, THE OTHER REMAINING BUILDINGS. THEY'RE JUST NOT PART OF THIS SCOPE FOR THIS APPLICATION. UM, THE MATERIALS CONSIST PRIMARILY OF CONCRETE TILT WALL PANELS WITH GLAZING AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES TO ACCENT THE DESIGN. AND THEN HERE ARE THOSE TWO BUILDINGS. UM, HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT FIRST BUILDING WILL BE. SO THIS VIEW THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS KIND OF WHAT WE'LL FACE. UM, IT DOESN'T EXACTLY FACE I 35, LIKE IT AS IN IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE FULLY VISIBLE FOR I I 35, BUT THIS IS THE SIDE THAT KIND OF FACES THAT, THAT DIRECTION. JUST TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. UM, SO THEY ARE WELL WITHIN COMPLIANCE FOR THEIR MASONRY REQUIREMENT AND GLAZING REQUIREMENT. UM, ON THIS FRONT FACADE HERE IS THE BACK FACADE. THIS KIND OF FACES THE INTERNAL KIND OF TRUCK, UH, COURT. UM, I KNOW IT'LL PROBABLY COME UP IN CONVERSATION. THESE, UM, ARE NOT, UM, THESE GARAGE BAY DOORS DO NOT HAVE GLASS ON THEM, BUT THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE SCREENING WALLS, UM, ON EITHER END OF THE BUILDING AND THEY DON'T FACE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THEY'RE SCREENED FROM PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUIREMENTS FOR THE I 35 OVERLAY. AND THEN HERE ARE THE SIDES. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, SCREENING WALL ON THAT. UM, ELEVATION LABELED NUMBER FOUR HERE IS BUILDING TWO. SO THIS FRONT FACADE WILL BE WHAT FACES THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF REPUBLIC DRIVE. UM, THEY HAVE THE, THE MASONRY AND GLAZING REQUIREMENTS AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES MET ON THIS ONE. I THINK MY SLIDES GOT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER. SORRY ABOUT THAT. , HERE'S A RENDERING OF THAT BUILDING TOO, THAT FRONT FACADE. AND THEN THE BACK AGAIN, THE, THE TRUCK COURT HAS THE, THE SCREENING WALLS AND IS SCREENED FROM PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN THE SIDES AGAIN ON THAT, UM, ONE LABELED NUMBER FOUR. YOU CAN SEE THE SCREENING WALL ON THE END THERE. SO YOUR OPTIONS TONIGHT ARE TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED, APPROVE WITH MODIFICATIONS OR DENY THE REQUEST. UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS PRESENTED AS THEY'VE MET ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT ON THE I 35 OVERLAY. MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FROM VICE CHAIR STEGEL AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HILDRETH. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? I DO HAVE, UH, ONE QUE OR ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, THE, THE BUILDINGS ARE, THE, THE TRUCK DENTES ARE, ARE BACK TO BACK. SO THEY'RE, YOU, YOU CREATED A COMMON PORT MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, BUILDING THREE, THREE AND FOUR, ARE THEY ALSO SIMILAR IN THIS? SO ALL FOUR OF 'EM BE IDEN PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL? YES. THEY'LL BE VERY SIMILAR. THEY JUST AREN'T SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS SINCE THEY'RE NOT IN THE OVERLAY. I JUST WANTED TO KINDA GET, LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE ON, SO IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE A NEW PROJECT START. I THINK IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT AN APPROVED FORM. IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND IT AS FAR AS DISTURBING THEM OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA LIVE WITH THE NEW INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX BEHIND THEM? YES. SO THEY, THEY DO HAVE SOME, UM, SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. THOSE ARE GONNA BE KIND OF OFF SCREEN FROM THIS, UM, BECAUSE THE MM-HMM . THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE PRIMARILY ADJACENT TO, UM, THOSE RESIDENTIAL USES ARE NOT IN THE OVERLAY. UM, BUT THEY DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN. AND THERE'S SOME DECIBEL LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR, FOR USES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL IS, I, I GUESS IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF THIS, BUT I'M GONNA ASK ABOUT IT ANYWAY. UM, SCREENING FROM SITE OR SOUND, HOW DOES THAT, WHAT IS THE SCREENING PRIMARY FUNCTION? UM, YES. SO THERE'S A MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT FENCING REQUIREMENT. UM, SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE MET THAT. THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A LANDSCAPE BUFFER. UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE, THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S DECIBEL LIMITS FOR, FOR CERTAIN NOISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF [00:10:01] DAY AND SPECIFIC USES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO ENFORCE. AND GENERALLY IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE AFTER HOURS AND MM-HMM . RELYING ON, UM, KPD TO ENFORCE SOME OF THAT TYPICALLY. UM, BUT THOSE ARE IN PLACE IN OUR CODE, SO IF IT COMES UP BEST WE COULD DO WITHIN OUR POWER AREA. OKAY. ALSO, IS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC, UH, CREATED BY THIS WOULD ALL GO INTO THE COMMERCIAL AREAS, NOT INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS BEHIND IT? CORRECT. THERE'S NO ACCESS OR DIRECT ACCESS TO ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS SURROUNDING THIS. UM, THIS WHAT YOU'RE, THIS ROAD THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS THE EXTENSION OF REPUBLIC DRIVE. UM, THAT TIES INTO BB AT ONE END TO THE KIND OF PLAN SOUTH IF WE'RE GOING BASED OFF OF THIS IMAGE. UM, AND THEN IT WILL TIE INTO THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF KOHLER'S, UM, PLAN WEST JUST TO THE LEFT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN HERE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION I JUST WANNA CLARIFY ON, UM, THE SITE PLAN AND RENDERINGS ATTACHMENT, UH, THERE'S A NOTE THAT SAYS CONSTRUCTION IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF KYLE AND MAINTENANCE WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY OF KYLE AFTER CONSTRUCTION. I'M ASSUMING THIS RELATES TO THE ROAD THAT'S GONNA SEPARATE BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO FROM THE, THE REST OF THE SITE. BUT I COULD BE WRONG ABOUT THIS. CAN Y'ALL CLARIFY WITH US ABOUT YES, SO THAT NOTE IS SPECIFICALLY, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS IMAGE HERE, YOU CAN SEE SOME FLOODPLAIN, UH, DELINEATED TO PLAN WEST. UM, SO THIS ROAD IS SHOWING IT CROSSING THAT FLOODPLAIN AND CONNECTING TO KOHLERS. UH, BUT IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S INTENT RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE GOING TO END THAT ROAD BEFORE THAT FLOODPLAIN. UM, WE ACTUALLY OWN THE FLOODPLAIN, UM, SO WE'RE NOT PART OF THIS PLAT. UM, SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL MAKE THAT CONNECTION, BUT IT'LL BE ON THEIR DOLLAR. UM, IT'S JUST THE CITY'S NOT GONNA TO FIT THE BILL FOR, FOR THAT LATER CONNECTION. SO, UH, THE NOTE WAS THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ALL PARTIES UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CITY OWNS THAT AND THERE MAY BE A CONNECTION THERE, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THAT CONNECTION. UM, BUT ONCE THEY GIVE IT TO US, THEN WE MAINTAIN IT JUST LIKE ANY TYPICAL ROAD. GOTCHA. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THERE. UM, MY LAST REMARK RIGHT NOW WOULD BE NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION ABOUT THIS PERMIT SPECIFICALLY, BUT MORE KIND OF A STRATEGIC QUESTION FOR THE CITY. UM, AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS PROJECT AREA IS IN WHAT WE WANTED TO BE URBAN MIXED USE AND IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED WAREHOUSE, SO THIS ISN'T ALLOWED USE, I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT OR TRYING TO BLOW THAT UP AT ALL, BUT I AM WONDERING, UH, COULD Y'ALL MAYBE IN A PRESENTATION IN A FUTURE MEETING GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, IF ANYTHING THE CITY'S TRYING TO DO TO UM, I GUESS KIND OF REZONE CERTAIN AREAS, UM, TO HELP IT BETTER ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP? WE'LL, WE'LL BE GLAD TO PUT THAT ON A FUTURE STAFF REPORT FOR Y'ALL. YES. PERFECT. UM, WE'LL PROBABLY DO AN UPDATE, UM, REGARDING THE UDC IN GENERAL, UM, COMING TO Y'ALL. UH, I'D LIKE TO GET SOMETHING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL OFFICIALLY BEFORE I, BEFORE I COME THIS WAY. UM, SOME COMMENTS WERE MADE AT A PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING THAT KIND OF, UH, GAVE SOME INSIGHT INTO OUR PLAN MOVING FORWARD. SO AGAIN, I WANNA OFFICIALLY HAVE THAT PRESENTATION WITH COUNSEL AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS THAT. I CAN MAKE THAT INFORMATION PART OF THAT PRESENTATION. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PERMIT? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. OKAY. THAT ONE IS APPROVED. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONDUCTED ALL THE BUSINESS THAT WAS ON OUR AGENDA, SO THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6 44. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.