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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes_UDCAC_11.13.2024Minutes of the Unified Development Code Advisory Commissio City of Georgetown, Texas Wednesday.. November2024 The Georgetown Unified Development Code Advisory Commission met on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 3-30 PM at City Hall Community Room, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. Street, The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City Secretary's Office, at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 808 Martin Luther King, Jr Street for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. The following Members were in attendance* Present were: Lee Nichols, Joshua A Baran, Troy Hellmann, Shelley G G Rodocker, Stephen F Dickey Public Wishing to Address the Board I - iii Air a syr7a 10 rm vTnicn can ount T table at the entrance to the meeting room. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the Board Liaison prior to the start of the meeting, You will be called forward to speak when the Board considers that item. Only persons who have delivered the speaker form prior to the meeting being called to order may speak. Speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. if you wish to speak for six minutes, it is permissible to use another requestor's granted time to speak. No more than six minutes for a speaker may be granted. The requestor granting time to another speaker must also submit a form and be present at the meeting. A request must be received by the Advisory Board or commission Liaison prior to the day the agenda for this mee ng is posted. Each speaker will be given three minutes to Wn" 1. Regular Session (,A Meeting Minutes Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the October 29, 2024, Unified Development Code Advisory Commission meeting -- Erica Metress, Planning gm= Moved by Stephen F Dickey-, seconded by Troy Hellmann to Approve the minutes from the October 29, 2024, Unified Development Code Advisory Commission meeting. Motion Approved: 5- 0 A � 11111111!�J F . ^ i 151rTOW a I i i Owd am$ mg =ntomang I i, I�i Stephen F Dickey 1.5 Review of Zoning Districts and Uses within each district Discussion on zoning districts and uses permitted within each district -- Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Nelson explained that staff would like to review existing requirements that affected the notes of some uses. Nelson provided an example of discussion about screening and location of dumpster in relation to single-family residential zoning districts. Staff wanted to q.hare that the existing standard in the UDC states that dumpsters are to be located a minimum of 50 feet from the property line of any single- or two-family owned property, the UDC update for the single- or two-family zoning ♦ Nelson agreed with Committee Member Dickey and •-# that the update in language should • •-• for town homes in the proposed •, Mix zoning district, • Nelson asked the committee if the 50-foot requirement for dumpsters, would be an effective distance, Committee Member Dickey shared that the 50-foot requirement Was exception as an option. Nelson continued the discussion pertaining to the screening of loading docks. Nelson highlighted that the loading areas shall not be closer than 50 feet to the property line of any single- or two- family residence. Nelson related this topic of conversation to the Blue Ridge Drive project, a previous case brought to the city council meeting on November 1 � 2024, and encouraged the committee members to listen to the recording that captured tt public comments. Nelson presented staff recommendation to adjust the distance requirement to 150 feet within a residential used property and to limit the hours of loadin! loading docks for Monday through Friday from 6 AM to 8 PM, and Saturday through Sunday from 9 AM to 8 PM. Nelson asked if there was a consensus from the committee with the terminology of "used" versus "zoned." Committee Member Dickey agreed with til terminology but recommended that staff remove the "single -and two- family" description match the proposed zoning districts. Committee Member Hellmann expressed reservations and Committee Member Baran shared that properties in the ETJ can chang uses as they please. N �111� which properties have a development agreement with the city, allowing authority over the use. Committee Member Baran suggested in excluding agriculture type uses from the recommended addition and allowing limited distribution in the office warehouse use. Nelson asked the committee if there was a desire to have hours of operation for loading docks within a certain proximity to residentially used or zoned properties. Committee Member Baran shared the concern to include hours of operation in the UDC and acknowledged that it would be difficult for code compliance to manage. Committee Member Dickey shared reservations on being able to enforce the hours of operation. Committee Member Baran suggested in regulating a wall to assist in blocking the sounds. Nelson summarized the discussion points to include updating the loading area to be either zoned or used with the exemption that agriculture or agriculture uses are not to be considered residential use. The committee added that they would like staff to look at the performance standard for properties that are zoned Flex Industrial, 11, or Intensive Industrial, 12, that are adjacent to single- family residential and leave the loading docks standard for properties that are in the proposed Local Commercial, C1, and Regional Commercial, C2, zoning districts to accommodate for existing loading docks. Ryan Clark, Long Range Senior Planner, continued the discussion on the topic of drive- throughs and fuel sales. The committee agreed on the language presented by staff of drive through restaurant and fuel sales limitations. Shakeel Badarpura, 930 Westinghouse Road, shared that fuel sales use can serve the community, but also introduce certain uses that are not user friendly next to a fuel sales use. Badarpura gave an example of a master plan development that he is working on and the uses that are adjacent to the fuel sales use. Badarpura acknowledged that having too many fuel sales uses in the area may increase crime. Badarpura asked that the committee consider the proposed distance limitation for fuel sales uses as 200 feet was a bit restrictive for the position of fuel pumps. Zane Brown, Management Analyst, explained that staff would like to revisit the recommendation for a Special Use Permit in the Neighborhood Commercial, CN, zoning district for the permanent, mobile food vendor use. The committee agreed on the recommendation. Nelson reminded the committee of a previous recommendation to combine the automobile parts and accessories sales, indoor, use to the retail use_ Nelson asked the committee to consider leaving the automobile parts and accessories sales, indoor, use as its own use because of the clustering of the type of stores and outdoor repair of cars. Staff's recommendation was a SUP in the Local Commercial, C1, zoning district. The committee agreed to staff's recommendation. 1.0 Review Approval Criteria for Zoning Changes and Special Use Permits Discussion on approval criteria for zoning changes and special use permits -- Sofia Nelson, Planning Director Adjournment These minutes were approved at the meeting of 'I-oq'4 Chair tt t