Planning Commission May 26 2020 Agenda — original pdf
Agenda
4. 5. Special Meeting of the Planning Commission May 26, 2020 Planning Commission to be held May 26, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers, including applicants and representatives, must register in advance (Day before the scheduled meeting, May 25, 2020 by Noon). To speak remotely at the May 26, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting, residents must: Call or preferably email the board liaison at 512-974-6508 and or andrew.rivera@austintexas.gov (the day before the meeting). The following information is required: 1. The speaker name. 2. Item number(s) they wish to speak on. 3. Whether they are for/against/neutral. Physical address. Telephone number. Must be the number that will be used to call-in. Please note, individuals may not sign up someone else. Previous registration will not automatically carry over. • Once a request to register to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call with additional information regarding the call in process. • Handouts or other information must be emailed to andrew.rivera@austintexas.gov by 1:00 PM Tuesday, May 26, 2020. This information will be provided to Commission members in advance of the meeting. • Residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Order of Meeting Determination of Quorum / Meeting Called to Order Reading of Proposed Consent Agenda *Vote and Disposal of Consent Agenda **Determination of Discussion Postponement Items Other Business Adjournment Discussion Cases (Including public comment, staff and applicant / representative presentations) * The consent agenda may be acted upon by one vote without separate discussion. Speakers are allowed to provide testimony on an item proposed for the consent agenda. At the discretion of the Commission the item may remain on the consent agenda. ** Discussion postponement consists of public comment by 2 individuals for the postponement and 2 individuals against the postponement at 2 minutes each per speaker. Testimony should not delve into the merits of the case. The granting of a postponement must be approved by affirmative vote of the Commission. PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA Tuesday, May 26, 2020 The Planning Commission will convene at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 via Videoconference http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Greg Anderson Awais Azhar Yvette Flores – Secretary Claire Hempel Patrick Howard Fayez Kazi – Chair Conor Kenny – Vice-Chair Carmen Llanes Pulido Robert Schneider Patricia Seeger Todd Shaw James Shieh – Parliamentarian Jeffrey Thompson Don Leighton-Burwell – Ex-Officio Richard Mendoza – Ex-Officio Ann Teich – Ex-Officio EXECUTIVE SESSION (No public discussion) The Planning Commission will announce it will go into Executive Session, if necessary, pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, to receive advice from Legal Counsel on matters specifically listed on this agenda. The Commission may not conduct a closed meeting without the approval of the city attorney. Private Consultation with Attorney – Section 551.071 A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of May 12, 2020. Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 B. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. Plan Amendment: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 2. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 3. Plan Amendment: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 4. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: NPA-2019-0022.02 - 305 S. Congress; District 9 305 S. Congress Avenue, Lady Bird Lake Watershed; South River City NP Area Richard T. Suttle, Jr. Armbrust & Brown (Richard T. Suttle Jr.) Industry to Mixed Use land use Pending; Indefinite Postponement request by the Staff Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department C814-89-0003.02 - 305 S. Congress; District 9 305 S. Congress Avenue, Lady Bird Lake Watershed; South River City NP Area Richard T. Suttle, Jr. Armbrust & Brown (Richard T. Suttle Jr.) PUD-NP to PUD-NP, to change conditions of zoning Pending; Indefinite Postponement request by the Staff Kate Clark, 512-974-1237, Kate.Clark@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department NPA-2016-0012.01.SH - Nuckols Crossing Road - SMART Housing; District 2 4316 and 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road, Williamson Creek Watershed; Southeast Combined (Franklin Park) NP Area Owners: Angelos Angelou and John Sasaridis; Mark Sebastian Miles Weindel. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle) Thrower Design (Ron Thrower) Single Family to Multifamily land use Pending; Postponement request by the Staff to July 14, 2020 Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, Maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department C14-2017-0010.SH - Nuckols Crossing Road - SMART Housing; District 2 4316 and 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road, Williamson Creek Watershed; Southeast Combined (Franklin Park) NP Area Owners: Angelos Angelou and John Sasaridis; Mark Sebastian Miles Weindel. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle) Thrower Design (Ron Thrower) SF-2-NP; SF-2-CO-NP to MF-4-NP, as amended Pending; Postponement request by the Staff to July 14, 2020 Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719, wendy.rhoades@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 5. Plan Amendment: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 6. Plan Amendment: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: 7. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: NPA-2019-0015.01 - 5010 & 5102 Heflin Lane; District 1 5010 & 5102 Heflin Lane, Fort Branch Watershed; East MLK Combined NP Area Heflin Phase 1, LLC Thrower Design (Ron Thrower) Single Family to Higher Density Single Family land use Pending: Posponement request by the Staff to June 9, 2020 Kathleen Fox, 512-974-7877, kathleen.fox@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department NPA-2019-0016.01 - Shady Lane Mixed Use; District 3 914 Shady Lane, Boggy Creek Watershed; Govalle / Johnston Terrace NP Area Kimberly Beal & Stephanie Scherzer Alice Glasco Consulting (Alice Glasco) Water & Single Family to Higher Density Single Family (Tract 1) and Neighborhood Mixed Use (Tract 2) land uses, as amended Recommended Maureen Meredith, 512-974-2695, maureen.meredith@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department C14-2019-0098 - Shady Lane Mixed Use; District 3 914 Shady Lane, Boggy Creek Watershed; Govalle / Johnston Terrace NP Area Kimberly Beal and Stephanie Scherzer Alice Glasco Consulting (Alice Glasco) SF-3-NP to SF-6-NP (Tract 1) and LR-MU-NP (Tract 2), as amended Recommended Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122, heather.chaffin@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department 8. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: C14-2020-0007 - 2001 Guadalupe Street, District 9 2001 Guadalupe Street, Shoal Creek Watershed; Central Austin Combined (West University) NP Area Powell-Corbett LLC (William Corbett) Coats-Rose (John Joseph) CS-NP to CS-MU-NP Recommended; Postponement request by the Applicant to June 9, 2020 Mark Graham, 512-974-3574, mark.graham@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 9. Rezoning: Location: C14-2019-0108 - Parker House; District 9 2404 Rio Grande Street, Shoal Creek Watershed; Central Austin Combined (West University) NP Area Owner/Applicant: William Archer Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: South Llano Strategies (Glen Coleman) GO-H-NP and MF-4-H-NP to GR-MU-H-NP (Tract 1) and GR-MU-NP (Tract 2), as amended Recommended with conditions Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122, heather.chaffin@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department 10. Rezoning: Location: C14-2020-0031.SH - E MLK Rezoning, District 1 5201 East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Fort Branch Watershed; East MLK Combined (MLK-183) NP Area Owner/Applicant: 5201 E MLK LP (Ryan Walker) Thrower Design (Ron Thrower) Agent: Request: SF-3-NP to MF-6-NP Staff Rec.: Recommendation of MF-3-NP Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122, heather.chaffin@austintexas.gov Staff: Planning and Zoning Department 11. Rezoning: Location: C14-2020-0010 - FM 969 Retail Center; District 1 6401 FM 969, Walnut Creek Watershed; East MLK Combined (MLK-183) NP Area Owner/Applicant: 6401 E FM 969 LLC (Najib Wehbe) Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: South Llano Strategies (Glen Coleman) LR-NP to CS-1-NP Recommendation of CS-1-CO-NP Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122, heather.chaffin@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department 12. Rezoning: Location: Owner/Applicant: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: C14H-2020-0033 - Teer-Peterson House; District 9 2408 Harris Boulevard, Shoal Creek Watershed; Central West Austin NP Area Tina Contros, applicant; Willie Fischler, owner SF-3-NP to SF-3-H-NP Recommended Steve Sadowsky, 512-974-6454, steve.sadowsky@austintexas.gov Planning and Zoning Department Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 13. Preliminary Plan: C8J-2018-0105 - Easton Park 3A Preliminary Plan; District 2 Location: Moonbeam Drive and Finial Drive, North Fork Dry Creek Watershed; Pilot Knob MUD Owner/Applicant: Carma Easton LLC (Matthew McCafferty) Agent: Request: Bill E. Couch (Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc.) Approval of Easton Park 3A Preliminary Plan which will develop 84.76 acres with 284 total lots for single-family, ROW, parkland/open space and other associated improvements. Recommended Sue Welch, 512-854-7637, sue.welch@traviscountytx.gov Travis CountyTNR - Single Office Staff Rec.: Staff: 14. Resubdivision: Location: C8-2019-0051.0A - Dean Terrace, Resubdivision of Lot 4 Block D; District 4 205 East Walnut Drive, Little Walnut Creek Watershed; Georgian Acres NP Area Owner/Applicant: Elliott Jempty Hector Avila Agent: Approval of the resubdivision of Lot 4, Block D of Dean Terrace, comprised of Request: two lots on 20,260 square feet, with a variance for a flag lot. Recommend Jennifer Bennett-Reumuth, 512-974-9002, jennifer.bennett- reumuth@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Staff Rec.: Staff: 15. Resubdivision: C8-04-0043.09.3A.SH - Berkman Tower View Subdivision; District 9 3900 Berkman Drive, Tannehill Branch Watershed; RMMA Location: Owner/Applicant: Austin Modern Lofts (Ross Wang) Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: Doucet & Associates, Inc. (Davood Salek, P.E.) Approval of the resubdivision of four lots into a 58 lot subdivision on 3.02 acres. Recommended Cesar Zavala, 512-974-3404, cesar.zavala@austintexas.gov Development Services Department 16. Site Plan (CUP): Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: SPC-2019-0590A - 76 Rainey CUP; District 9 76 Rainey Street, Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake Watersheds; Downtown Master Plan (Rainey Street District) Regalado Joe Martin WGI (Cliff Kendall) The proposed use, cocktail lounge is a Conditional use within the Rainey Street subdistrict of the Waterfront Overlay. Recommended Renee Johns, 512-974-2711, renee.johns@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 17. Site Plan: Location: SPC-2020-0073A - 75 Rainey CUP; District 9 75 Rainey Street, Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake Watersheds; Downtown Master Plan (Rainey Street District) Owner/Applicant: Ashland Rainey LLC & EW Renovating Rainey LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: WGI (Cliff Kendall) CUP to cocktail lounge in CBD Waterfront overlay Recommended Renee Johns, 512-974-2711, renee.johns@austintexas.gov Development Services Department 18. Site Plan: Location: SPC-2020-0074A - 80 Rainey CUP; District 9 80 Rainey Street, Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake Watersheds; Downtown Master Plan (Rainey Street District) Owner/Applicant: Ashland Rainey LLC & EW Renovating Rainey LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: WGI (Cliff Kendall) CUP to cocktail lounge in CBD Waterfront overlay Recommended Renee Johns, 512-974-2711, renee.johns@austintexas.gov Development Services Department 19. Site Plan: Location: SPC-2020-0072A - 82 Rainey CUP; District 9 82 Rainey Street, Waller Creek and Lady Bird Lake Watersheds; Downtown Master Plan (Rainey Street District) Owner/Applicant: Ashland Rainey LLC & EW Renovating Rainey LLC Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: WGI (Cliff Kendall) CUP to cocktail lounge in CBD Waterfront overlay Recommended Renee Johns, 512-974-2711, renee.johns@austintexas.gov Development Services Department Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 20. Site Plan - SP-2019-0529C.SH - Vi Collina Multifamily; District 3 Environmental Variance Only: Location: Owner/Applicant: Agent: Request: Staff Rec.: Staff: C. NEW BUSINESS 2401 E Oltorf Street, Country Club West Watershed; Parker Lane NP Area Jimmy Nassour (Cedar Willow Creek LTD) Ryan Taylor (Kimley-Horn) Approval of variance request for the following: 1. Vary from 25-8-302(B)(1) to allow construction of a building on a slope between 15 and 25 percent, where impervious cover on slopes over 15 percent exceeds 10 percent of the total area of the slopes over 15 percent. 2. Vary from 25-8-302(A)(2) to allow construction of a parking area on a slope over 15 percent. 3. Vary from 25-8-341 to allow cut exceeding 4 feet on slopes over 15 percent. 4. Vary from 25-8-342 to allow fill exceeding 4 feet on slopes over 15 percent. Recommended with conditions Pamela Abee-Taulii, 512- 974-1879, Pamela.Abee-Taulli@austintexas.gov Development Services Department 1. Discussion and possible action to rescind Planning Commission action from April 28, 2020 granting approval of Simon-Caskey Tract Preliminary Plan, located at 7715 West SH 71. (Co-Sponsors: Commissioners Shieh and Seeger) D. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Future agenda items will not be discussed at the current meeting, but will be offered for initiation, discussion or possible recommendation at a future meeting. E. BOARDS, COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS UPDATES Codes and Ordinances Joint Committee (Chair Kenny and Commissioners: Azhar, Anderson and Seeger) Comprehensive Plan Joint Committee (Vice-Chair Kazi and Commissioners: Flores, Llanes Pulido and Shaw) Joint Sustainability Committee (Commissioners Schneider and Seeger, secondary) Small Area Planning Joint Committee (Commissioners: Hempel, Howard, Thompson and Shieh) Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508 South Central Waterfront Advisory Board (Commissioner Anderson) ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Andrew Rivera at Planning & Zoning Department, at 512-974-6508, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Attorney: Steven Maddoux, (512) 974-6080 Commission Liaison: Andrew Rivera, 512-974-6508