[1. Call to Order ]
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OUR, UH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER, WHAT IS TODAY? 13TH.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON THE BEST AND HIGHEST USE FOR THE LAND OF WAXAHATCHEE, TEXAS.
UM, AND I FORGOT TO ASK SOMEONE IF THEY WOULD DO THE INVOCATION.
MR. SIMPSON, WOULD YOU DO THE INVOCATION? SURE.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER THIS EVENING.
PLEASE WATCH OVER US AND WATCH OVER OUR FAMILIES AS WE MOVE THROUGH, UH, OUR BUSINESS HERE TONIGHT AND GO ON BACK OUT INTO OUR LIVES.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR PROVIDING EVERYTHING FOR US.
AND IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
IT'S, I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT,
UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, PERSONS MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON ANY ISSUES.
THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONCERN WHETHER ON THIS AGENDA OR NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THE COMMISSION MAY NOT COMMENT OR DELIBERATE SUCH STATEMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 5 51 0.042 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SPEAKERS MUST OBSERVE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
WE HAD ZERO PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SO, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.
[4. Reorganize the Commission ]
ON OUR AGENDA IS REORGANIZING THE COMMISSION, SO WE WILL ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR THIS EVENING.UM, ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE RYAN SIMPSON, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OFFICER HAS.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS MOVE TO NOMINATE JIMMY PORCH FOR VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, WELL MR. SIMPSON, I WILL HAND OVER THE AGENDA TO YOU.
[5. Consent Agenda ]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WE'RE NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA, AUTHORIZES PLANNING AND ZONING.
COMMISSIONER TO EXECUTE ALL MATTERS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT EACH ITEM.
ANY ITEM MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA SUB SUBJECT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[6. Public Hearing on a request by Juan Vasquez, Vasquez Engineering, LLC for a Site Plan Approval in a Planned Development-1-Commercial (PD-1-C) zoning district, located immediately east of 1150 U.S. 287 Bypass (Property ID 245307) – Owner(s): Waxahachie Crossing II LLC (SP-95-2026) ]
ALRIGHT, ITEM SIX IS A PUBLIC HEARING BY JUAN VAZQUEZ VAZQUEZ ENGINEERING LLC FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF 1150 US 2 87 BYPASS OWNERS WAXAHATCHEE TWO CROSSING LLC COMMISSION.ALRIGHT, SO I PRESENT TO YOU A REQUEST FOR A SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
ONE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF 1150 US 2 87 BYPASS.
UM, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO LOGAN'S.
THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED ON A 0.82 ACRE LOT.
UM, AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A BRAKEMASTER, WHICH IS A MINOR AUTO REPAIR FACILITY.
THE FACILITY WILL BE 5,850 SQUARE FEET, ONE STORY HALF NINE SERVICE BASE.
THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED VIA CHIN OAK DRIVE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PD, UM, ONE C REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF YOU KEEP GOING YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBITS, THAT'S THE SITE PLAN THERE AND UM, THEN THEY'LL HAVE THE LANDSCAPING PLAN BE THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY CONFORM WITH OUR, UM, ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION OF A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT BETWEEN LOT ONE R THREE BRAKE MASTERS AND LOT ONE R FOUR LOGOS ROADHOUSE BE PROVIDED OWNER BEFORE THE ACCEPTANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE APPLICANT IS, UH, OF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IS, IS THERE AN ENTRANCE OFF THE, UH, FRONTAGE ROAD? NO, SIR.
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I GUESS THE REASONING FOR THAT IS JUST YOU DON'T WANT HAVE TOO MANY ENTRANCES OFF THE FRONTAGE AND TRYING TO MOVE THAT TO THE STREET CORNER.YES, IT IS A TEXT STOP RIGHT AWAY.
THERE'S ALSO SPACING REQUIREMENTS TO MEET CERTAIN SPACING REQUIREMENTS COMING ON THE BRANCH ROAD WHERE IT'S LIMITING THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT WITH, UH, LOGAN'S THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MIDDLE DRIVE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF LOGAN'S.
SO, AND THROUGH THE REAR LAWN, PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WHAT YOU SEE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES OVER THERE.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR STAFF AND THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, THANK YOU.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFO, UH, WELL, I'M JULIAN CASTILLO WITH VASQUEZ ENGINEERING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, BUT UM, THE BRAKEMASTER SITE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT FAMILIAR RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE OVER 120 LOCATIONS IN THEIR MARKET AND THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST IN THE CITY OF WAXAHATCHEE WITH A LOT GOING ON IN THE DFW MAJOR AREA RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, A LOT OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS FOR THEM COMING UP.
UH, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY FOCUS ON BRAKE REPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW, PER THEIR NAME, BUT, UH, THEY ALSO PROVIDE SIMPLE OTHER REPLA MAINTENANCE SUCH AS OIL CHANGES, OTHER FLUID EXCHANGES, UH, SOME OTHER UNDER CAR WORK ALIGNMENTS, BUT THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING MAJOR.
NO ENGINE WORK, NO TRANSMISSION REPAIR.
UH, AND WITH THAT, ALL THEIR WORK'S CONDUCTED INDOORS, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE.
THEY DON'T STORE ANY VEHICLES OUTSIDE.
THEY DON'T STORE ANY VEHICLES INSIDE.
THERE'S NO OVERNIGHT, UH, STAY.
SO, SO IT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO FOR THEIR WORK.
UM, THEIR WORK'S TYPICALLY ABOUT TWO HOURS PER VEHICLE, SO IT'S LIKE 20 CARS PER DAY ON A BUSY DAY.
SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE A HUGE TRAFFIC PRODUCER OR CAUSING, YOU KNOW, FURTHER, FURTHER ISSUES ALONG THOSE LINES WITH THAT, THEY HAVE FIVE EMPLOYEES IN THEIR USUAL STORES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THE, THEY LIKE TO ACUTE GIVE, GIVE THEIR EMPLOYEES TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THEY'RE CLOSED AT FIVE 30 EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
SO THEIR HOURS ARE SEVEN 30 TO FIVE 30 MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO STARTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE HERE AS PART OF THE PD REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL.
OTHERWISE, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ALLOWED FOR ZONING SO THEY'RE JUST KIND OF EAGER TO GET STARTED AND AS SOON AS UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY APPROVAL HERE, WE MOVE ON TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THEN PERMITTING, THEY GET, THEY GET GOING.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
UH, BUT IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, UM, HEARING
[7. Consider recommendation of SP-95-2026]
NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF SP DASH 95 DASH 2026, A SITE PLAN FOR BREAK MASTERS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS ACCORDINGLY.
ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.
[8. Public Hearing on a request by Parker McDill, Davis & McDill Inc., for a Zoning Change to Amend Ordinance No. 3698 for the Waxahachie Family YMCA PD to revise the language of the approved ordinance and update associated Exhibits within the approved Planned Development, located at 100 YMCA Drive (Property ID 193929) – Owner: YMCA of Metro Dallas (ZDC-100-2026) ]
NEXT ITEM.THERE WAS A REQUEST, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT TO THE UH, NOVEMBER 10TH PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING AND WE'LL NEED A
[9. Consider recommendation of ZDC-100-2026]
MOTION FOR THAT.I MOVE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZDC DASH 100 DASH 2026 TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2026 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
ALRIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.
ALRIGHT, UM, THAT'S ALL FOR OUR AGENDA.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ANY COMMENTS? UH, TRENTON? UH, NOTHING TODAY.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, NOTHING HERE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CONNOR, CONGRATULATIONS RYAN AND THANK YOU.
UH, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
MAYOR WATS, JUST AS ALWAYS, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY, UH, AND ON, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UH, AS ALWAYS, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
ALL I'VE GOT IS, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR, UH, CONFIDENCE IN ME TO SERVE AS CHAIR.
UM, BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A YEAR NOW.
UH, MOVED TO PACHI IN 1992 AND, UH, LOVE THE CITY.
STILL LIVE HERE, RAISING MY FAMILY HERE, AND DON'T PLAN ON LEAVING ANYTIME SOON.