[I. Call to Order]
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THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IF WE CAN PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL
[III. CONSENT ITEMS]
RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 19TH. SO MOVED. SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OBJECTION. MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE HAVE A CONSENT ITEM FOR CASE NUMBER 20 25. DASH 60 3PE. I'M SORRY. MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OBJECTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. CASE NUMBER FILE 2026 01Z. OPEN IN PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE AN AMENDMENT TO AN
[IV. PUBLIC HEARING]
EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PD DASH H ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED ON A 107.18 ACRE TRACT IN SECTION 11 AND 14, BLOCK 41, TOWNSHIP TWO, SOUTH TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY. CITY OF ODESSA, MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST COUNTY ROAD 122, APPROXIMATELY 2200FT EAST OF SAN GABRIEL ROAD. COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. APOLOGIES. SO 15 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, THREE WERE RETURNED, NO APPROVALS AND NO PROTESTS WERE RECEIVED. THE FOUR THREE, TWO LAND GROUP OWNER AND LCA AGENT ARE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT LOCATED ON 117.18 ACRES LOCATED IN SECTIONS 11 AND 14, BLOCK 41 TO 20 RAILWAY COMPANY SURVEY, CITY OF ODESSA, MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS TO REMOVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A PYD ON THE SITE. THE PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THE REQUEST IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST COUNTY ROAD 122.THAT'S THE OLD BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 2200FT WEST OR EAST OF SAN GABRIEL ROAD. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CITY OF ODESSA AND IS CURRENTLY ZONED PD, AND IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND VACANT LAND. SURROUNDING LAND USES IN THE AREA INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND VACANT LAND, AND THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PD TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PYD, USING THE CITY'S IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO EVALUATE ZONING AMENDMENTS. THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ARE OFFERED FROM STAFF. THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING PD ON SITE. THE REMOVAL OF THE PYD REQUIREMENT WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE THE LAYOUT OR THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT WILL INCLUDE AMENITIES SUCH AS WALKING TRAILS AND GREEN SPACE ON SITE, AND THE REQUESTED UPDATE WILL NOT REMOVE ANY OF THESE AMENITIES AND WILL MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING CASE. THE ZONE CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING EXISTING AND PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS, AND WHILE IT DOES NOT MATCH THE PROPOSED USES INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT WILL NOT DISRUPT OR DISRUPT THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE PATTERNS. BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHANGE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. REMOVAL OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PYD FROM THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, AND THEN IT'S ALSO BEEN REQUESTED TO ADD THE CONDITION TO ENCLOSE THE ENCORE EASEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE. PLAN. WITH THAT, I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU SAY ENCLOSE IT LIKE WITH A FENCE. YES. OKAY. WHY DOES IT STAND FOR. IT'S A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. SO THEY'RE THE SO IT CLOSES THAT. YES IT WOULD GET RID OF THAT THAT AGREEMENT OR THAT REQUIREMENT. AND I THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS, I WANTED TO ADD TO THIS THAT THERE IS A TRAIL THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED INITIALLY ON THIS PIT, IF YOU CAN BRING UP THE MAP.
OKAY. SO ON THIS PIT TO THE NORTH, I'M SORRY, TO THE WEST SIDE, THERE WAS AN AREA WHERE THIS GATE WAS PROPOSED THAT'S GOING TO BE ENCLOSED. SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE OPEN SPACE AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A TRAIL. HOWEVER THEY'RE ENCLOSING THAT. THERE IS GOING TO BE AN HOA WHICH WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THAT AREA, BUT IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE A TRAIL. SO THAT'S
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JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A VACANT LITTLE PIECE OF, OF LAND. OR HOW MUCH SPACE IS THERE? NOT REALLY 20FT WIDTH. OKAY. AND IT RUNS ALONG THAT WEST SIDE. OKAY. SO THEY'RE REMOVING THE WALKING TRAIL. IF IT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED TO BE INITIALLY PROPOSED. SO THERE'S NOT ONE CURRENTLY THERE. NOT NOT NOT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE OKAY. SO JUST THE PLAN REMOVING THE PLANS TO HAVE A TRAIL THERE. THEY'RE REMOVING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THAT. OH I SEE HOWEVER RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO ENCLOSE THAT WHOLE AREA. THEY'RE GOING TO FENCE IT ON EITHER SIDE. SO THERE'S NO ACCESS TO IT, ACCESS TO IT FROM THE PUBLIC. AND I CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHY THAT HAPPENED.OKAY. IF THAT HELPS. SO ORIGINALLY IT'S AN ON COURT EASEMENT. SO WE WERE TRYING TO UTILIZE IT AND TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DO A PIT AS WELL. BUT BECAUSE THE FENCE THERE'S A CINDER BLOCK FENCE THAT WAS GOING TO END AT THE END OF THE PROPERTY LINE, IT'S NOW BEING MOVED TOWARDS THE END OF THE OF THE THE BOUNDARY HOUSING PART. SO IT'S AT THE END. SO THE LAST THE DARKER LINE THAT YOU GUYS CAN SEE THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE CINDER BLOCK IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO. AND THEN THERE'S THAT 20 FOOT WIDTH AND THEN THE THE PARCELS. SO EACH HOME THEY'RE IN THEY'RE BACK. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE WOODEN FENCES. SO THERE'S THAT GAP RIGHT BETWEEN THE, THE THE CINDER BLOCK AND THE END OF THE PROPERTY FENCE THAT WE FELT THAT OH PERHAPS IT'S NOT SAFE, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE THAT WALKING TRAIL AND INSTEAD AND IT'S ON EASEMENTS TO START OFF WITH. AND SO WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO WAS JUST TO IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE ANYBODY GOING INTO THAT AREA, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ENCLOSE IT. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL SEE IN OTHER SUBDIVISIONS. AND IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ANCHORS LINES ARE GOING THROUGH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER SEEN HOW BIG THEY ARE.
AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE WALKING INTO THAT AREA. SO AT LEAST BY CLOSING IT AND HAVING SOMEBODY BE RESPONSIBLE AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO LOCK THEM, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH WOULD BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT EASEMENT AND ENCORE, OKAY. BUT THEY'RE STILL HAVING LIKE A PARK. THEY'RE STILL HAVING THE DOG PARK. IT'S JUST THAT WE WE ORIGINALLY HAD THAT EASEMENT AND IT WAS GOING TO BE OPEN, BUT THINGS, BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S NOW CONDITIONED, WE THINK IT'S BETTER TO FOR IT TO BE ENCLOSED.
SO IS IT. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A CINDER BLOCK FENCE AND THEN THEY'RE WOOD FENCE. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN ENCORE IT'S LIKE AN OPEN FENCE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A CINDER BLOCK FENCE. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE LIKE THE GRASS AND STUFF THAT GROWS UP IN BETWEEN THERE LIKE THAT. SO THEY HAVE THE CINDER BLOCK, THE 20 FOOT EASEMENT AND THEN THE, THE BACK END OF THE THE PROPERTY FENCES, WHICH IS WOODEN. OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING. IT'S THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ROAD THERE. OKAY.
IT'S THE IT ALIGNS THROUGH THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY OKAY. AND ALSO TO GIVE SEPARATION FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ONE AND PRIVACY OKAY. AND APPLICANTS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. NO. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE SEGMENT OF THE OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC. ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. IF NOBODY STEP FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT. COMMISSIONERS. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OBJECTION? MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026, DASH ZERO ONE.
SUP. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERED A REQUEST BY D.R. HORTON FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A PARK OR PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC SPONSORED TO BE LOCATED ON A 3.17 ACRE TRACT OF LAND ON LOT 35 AND 36 BLOCK 27 HOMESTEAD AT PARKSVILLE RANCH. THIRD FILING, CITY OF ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CROSBY ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 200FT WEST OF AARON PARK ROAD. COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THE APPLICANT, D.R. HORTON, IS REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A PARK OR PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC SPONSORED TO BE LOCATED ON LOTS 35 AND 36 BLOCK 27 HOMESTEAD AT PARKSVILLE RANCH. THIRD FILING. THIS IS A 7311 CROSBY ROAD. THE SITE IS
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CURRENTLY ZONED SPD SPECIAL DWELLING DISTRICT AND THE PARK IS EXISTING AND RUN BY THE HOA AND D.R. HORTON. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE SUP TO BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY OF ODESSA ZONING CODE AND TO CONSTRUCT A SHADE STRUCTURE FOR THE SITE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SP FOR A PARK OR PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC SPONSORED, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS A THROUGH D, THAT ANY FUTURE ADDITIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPERTY SHALL REQUIRE. SUBMITTAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THIS SP. ADOPTION OF THE SITE PLAN IS APPROVED.ALL APPLICABLE BUILDING CODES NEED TO BE MET AND REVIEW OF THE PERMIT UPON RECEIVING NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A TEMPORARY PERMIT. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT OR BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THE USE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING MAY CAUSE. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO THE AWNING IS GOING IN FIRST AND THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT LATER. SO THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND THERE. THE AWNING IS JUST TO ADD TO IT. SO WE WERE WE NOTICED IN THE CODE RECENTLY THAT IF A PARK IS NOT SPONSORED BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO CITY, COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT CANNOT BE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT AN SUP. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BRING THEM UP TO, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE SO THAT WE CAN THEN ISSUE THE BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE SECTION OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC. ANYBODY TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. IF NOBODY STEPS FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE SECTION COMMISSIONERS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE NUMBER 2026. DASH ZERO TWO. DASH S P. OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST BY LCA FOR SPECIFIC USE. PERMIT TO ALLOW A PARK OR PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC. SPONSORED TO BE LOCATED ON A 1.3 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED ON LOT ONE, BLOCK 85 HOMESTEAD AT PARKS BELL RANCH. FIFTH FILING PHASE FOUR, CITY OF ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS GENERALLY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COTTONTAIL ROAD AND WOLF CREEK ROAD. COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THE APPLICANT, LCA, AND OWNER, D.R. HORTON, ARE REQUESTING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW PARK OR PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC SPONSORED TO BE TO BE LOCATED ON LOT ONE, BLOCK 85 HOMESTEAD AT PARKS BELL RANCH. FIFTH FILING PHASE FOUR. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED SPD SPECIAL DWELLING DISTRICT. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A PARK, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE SP TO CONSTRUCT A PARK AND AN AMENITY AREA FOR THE SURROUNDING SUBDIVISION. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SP FOR PARKER PLAYGROUND OTHER THAN PUBLIC SPONSORED, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN, AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. KIND OF SAME IDEA. OKAY. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO QUESTIONS. OPENING SEGMENT OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC. ANYBODY TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. NOBODY DOES WANT TO CLOSE THE MEETING FROM THE PUBLIC. COMMISSIONERS MOVE TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026 £0.14 OPEN PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL WITH STAFF. RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF DEER MEADOWS ADDITION FIRST FILING BEING A .95 ACRE PLOT OF LOTS SEVEN AND EIGHT, BLOCK THREE, AND LOTS 15, 16, 47 AND 4848. BLOCK FOUR DEER MEADOW ADDITION. FIRST FILING PHASE ONE CITY OF ODESSA, MIDLAND COUNTY, TEXAS 29, 13, 29, 15, 29, 38 AND 2940 RUSSO STREET AND 29, 29 AND 2931 SANDBAR ROAD, COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. NOTICES WERE SENT OUT ON THIS ONE. THREE WERE RETURNED DUE TO THE WRONG ADDRESS. NONE WERE APPROVED OR NO APPROVALS, AND NO DENIALS WERE RECEIVED. THE APPLICANT LCA AND 432 LAND GROUP LLC OWNER ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A REPLAT TO CREATE SEVEN LOTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DEER MEADOWS ADDITION.
FIRST FILING REPLAT AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A SECTION OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. NOBODY STEP FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS.
COMMISSIONERS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026.
[V. MISCELLANEOUS]
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DASH £0.89. PRELIMINARY PLAT REINSTATEMENT. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS, A REINSTATEMENT OF THE PRELIMINARY PLOT OF WU. IN INDUSTRIAL ADDITION, BEING A 48.02 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, BEING ALL OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK EIGHT INDUSTRIAL, 11 FILING, AND ALL OF LOT TWO, BLOCK NINE INDUSTRIAL FILING EIGHT FILING. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ODESSA COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 40 ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 120FT SOUTH OF EAST HIGHWAY 20 SERVICE ROAD SOUTH COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. I THANK YOU. SO THE APPLICANT SWORE INC AND MARK WU, OWNER, ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024. FOR SECTION 16, A-4, SUBSECTION 18 OF THE CITY OF ODESSA SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS EXPIRED, AS IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 12 MONTHS SINCE ORIGINAL APPROVAL AND A REINSTATEMENT OF THE PLAT IS REQUIRED. THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUEST WAS TO CREATE NINE LOTS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND REINSTATEMENT OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF WU INDUSTRIAL FILING SUBJECT TO CONDITION A, WHICH IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW AND THEN. I DID WANT TO NOTE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. WHILE THE MEMO WAS CORRECT ON THE CASE FILE NUMBER, THE AGENDA WAS POSTED 2026 FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS 2024. AND THEN THE MEMO DOES SHOW UP BY ACCIDENT. BLUE INDUSTRIAL ON THE BOTTOM. AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT WAS I'M SORRY WHAT WAS THE SECOND CORRECTION. IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR MEMO IT JUST SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A DIFFERENT. OH I SEE IT SHOULD SAY BLUE INDUSTRIAL. THANK YOU.COMMISSIONERS I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IF THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. SECOND, A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026.
DASH 80 9-P. FINAL PLAT MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. THE FINAL PLAT OF INDUSTRIAL ADDITIONS BEING A 48.02 ACRE TRACT OF LAND, BEING OF LOT FOUR, BLOCK EIGHT INDUSTRIAL, 11 FILING AND OR OF LOT TWO, BLOCK NINE INDUSTRIAL EIGHT FILING. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ODESSA, MIDLAND, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 40 ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 920FT SOUTH OF EAST HIGHWAY 20. SERVICE ROAD SOUTH COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. AGAIN, THIS ONE HAS A SIMILAR CORRECTION FOR THE FRONT PAGE OF THE AGENDA. IT'S THE SAME CASE NUMBER. IT JUST GOT COPIED OVER. BUT IT IS 20, 24, 89. SO THE APPLICANT, S.W. HOLLAND INC. AND MARK WU, OWNER, ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT TO CREATE NINE LOTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT OF WU INDUSTRIAL ADDITION, SUBJECT TO CONDITION A, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT THERE AND WHICH WAS JUST RECEIVED. I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I'LL SECOND MOTION SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026 £0.13 MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS. THE REPLAT OF LOT NINE, BLOCK 13 HOLLYWOOD GARDENS, LOCATED IN SECTION 34, BLOCK 42, TOWNSHIP TWO, SOUTH TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY.
CITY OF ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF WEST EIGHTH STREET AND MYERS AVENUE. COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. SO THE APPLICANT, NEWTON ENGINEERING AND DAVID CAMPOS AND GUADALUPE CAMPOS OWNERS, ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A PLAT TO CREATE TWO LOTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. STAFF DOES HAVE A CORRECTION TO THEIR RECOMMENDATION. IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED OR REFLECTED CORRECTLY IN THE THE POWERPOINT HERE, BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ IT OUT TO YOU. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REPLAT OF LOT NINE, BLOCK THREE HOLLYWOOD GARDENS. HOWEVER, IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO APPROVE THIS PLAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. THAT IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR. SIDEWALK AND CURB RAMP AT THE CORNER. THAT A DEDICATION OF A CUTBACK AT THE CORNER OF ADA AND MEYERS IS REQUIRED, AND THAT TAX CERTIFICATES SHOWING A ZERO BALANCE ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO FILING THE PLAT. SO WE HAD TO UPDATE THIS. WE FOUND OUT LATER ON THAT THE TAX CERTIFICATES SHOWED A BALANCE ON THEM STILL. SO HENCE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL. BUT I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE A CUTBACK AND A ZERO BALANCE ON THE TAXES. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING. AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE AN IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT FOR A. YEAH OKAY. SO THE THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE
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THREE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS A B AND C. IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT. WE ACTUALLY RECOMMEND DENIAL GENERALLY. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR REASONING BEHIND THE DENIAL RECOMMENDATION. BECAUSE THE TAX CERTIFICATE SHOWED A BALANCE ON THEM, THEY CANNOT BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY. OKAY. BUT BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT. OKAY. BUT IF WE DO APPROVE AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE TAXES ON IT, THEN IT'S OKAY TO GO. THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK, RIGHT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. YEAH. JUST SAVES A STEP RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. SO THE REASON WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE CONSIDERED TO COME HERE AS A FINAL PLAT. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CONDITIONS ON OUR ORDINANCE. SO THAT IS WHY WE CANNOT SAY YES, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IF THAT HAS NOT BEEN MET. OKAY. BUT THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, SO SORRY. IT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. YEAH. HAVE THEY REACHED OUT THAT THEY HAVE TO COME TO YOU GUYS? IT'S ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE BY LAW, WE HAVE TO COME TO YOU GUYS WITHIN 30 DAYS. WE HAVE TO EITHER APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY. OKAY. SO WE COULD APPROVE WITH THESE THREE CONDITIONS. CORRECT. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO APPROVE WITH THAT CAN WE. HERE. SO THEY'RE HERE TODAY.SO IF WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO THEM WE COULD JUST SEE IF THEY'VE READY TO ADDRESS THAT PART. YEAH OKAY I'LL MOVE. MOVE TO OPEN THE SECTION OF THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE STEP FORWARD. DAVID CAMPOS, JUNIOR, TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. IF HE WANTS. IF HE WANTS. I. AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KYLE NEWTON. ENGINEERING HERE WITH THE APPLICANT. SO? SO HE'S TRYING TO TO TO GET A MOBILE HOME ON THIS SITE. THERE'S A FAMILY MEMBER ALREADY LIVING THERE. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE A MOBILE HOME IN. OKAY. SO THAT FAMILY CAN LIVE ON THAT SAME PROPERTY. OKAY. HE'S GONE TO TRY TO GET THE PERMIT FOR THE MOBILE HOME. AND OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS TO GET THE PERMIT WAS TO REPLAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TRYING TO DO THIS. REPLAT OKAY. SO HE CAN GET A MOBILE HOME OUT ON THAT SITE. WHEN WE SUBMITTED, THERE WERE SOME THERE WERE SOME TAXES THAT WERE OWED. OKAY. IS IT IS IT A LARGE TAX AMOUNT? I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER SPECIFICALLY. HOW MUCH? 15 GRAND. 15 GRAND.
SO THAT'S A PRETTY LARGE AMOUNT. BUT THAT HAS BEEN A BIG PAYMENT. AND HE'S JUST HE'S MAKING 640 PAYMENTS, $240 PAYMENTS PER MONTH. HE'S GOT A CONTRACT FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT OKAY.
PROTECTS PEOPLE. AND THEY SAID THAT HE WAS FINE WITH THAT. HE'S BEEN PAID RIGHT. AND THAT'S ALL HE CAN PROVIDE THE CONTRACT WHERE HE'S UP TO. HE'S KEEPING HIS CONTRACT OKAY. SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENS ON A SITUATION LIKE THAT WITH THE WITH THE CITY. WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE OR SOMETHING. SO AS LONG AS AS LONG AS IT EXPIRES AFTER SIX MONTHS. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S WHEN WE COME BACK AND WE JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO REINSTATE IT. AND AND THAT'S WHY WE THAT'S WHY THE PROCEDURE IS TO DENY. AND THE OTHER THING IS, EVEN IF WE PASS IT RIGHT NOW, THE COUNTY, WE CAN'T SIGN THE PLAT AND THE COUNTY WILL NOT TAKE THE, THE PLAT UNTIL THE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN PAID. IT HAS TO BE A ZERO BALANCE. IT HAS TO BE A ZERO BALANCE. SO THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN EVEN EVEN IF WE PASS IT HERE, IT'S STILL LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO. THE ONLY THING WE'RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, IF HE CAN GET IT PAID WITHIN THE SIX MONTHS, THEN KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH. OKAY. IS THAT A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE IT IN SIX MONTHS? OKAY. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO RIGHT NOW. I HAD PAID SIX GRAND DOWN PAYMENT ON ON THE MOBILE HOME. CAN YOU SCOOT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE MIC SO WE CAN PAY 6000 ON A MOBILE HOME? AND THEN I PAID NEWTON 75.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME TO GATHER THAT MUCH MORE AGAIN. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IN SIX MONTHS BECAUSE, I MEAN, I GOT OTHER BILLS, I GOT PAID. THE MOBILE HOME PEOPLE CALLED ME BEFORE LUNCH. THEY'RE THEY'RE PRESSURING ME BECAUSE I GOT TO START PAYING ON THAT MOBILE HOME. AND IT'S BEEN OUT THERE LIKE 3 OR 4 MONTHS ON THAT WHERE I BOUGHT IT FROM. SO I WOULD HAVE TO BE PAYING THAT TO, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS GOING TO MOVE IN WITH MY PARENTS SO I CAN HELP THEM PAY THEIR TAXES, THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY'RE BEHIND. THEY GOT THE CONTRACT AND HE'S PAYING ON IT. BUT I WAS GOING OVER THERE TO HELP THEM PAY FOR IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I GOT OTHER REASONS, YOU KNOW, TO BE CLOSE TO THEM. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO GET THAT PERMIT TO MOVE IT OVER THERE AND CONTINUE TO PAY THE TAX THAT HELPED HIM PAY THE
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TAXES. YOU KNOW, EVEN WHAT SHE'S TELLING US, EVEN IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT, THE COUNTY'S STILL NOT GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT WE EVEN SAY TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE A ZERO BALANCE. AND SO EVEN IF WE SAID THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED WITH THE WITH THE CONDITIONS, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THE COUNTY'S. WHAT IS WHAT SHE'S TELLING US. OKAY. AND SO EVEN IF WE SAID YES, THAT WE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BE AT A STANDSTILL. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE AT A STANDSTILL. YOU'RE STILL YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE ZEROED OUT BEFORE YOU GET. SO.SO WE COULD STILL SAY YES TO MOVE FORWARD AND IF IT WOULD HELP. BUT IT'S STILL WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US. IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP. BUT IF YOU SAY YOU COULD GET IT DONE IN SIX MONTHS, THEN, I MEAN, WE COULD SAY YES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK. I MEAN, BUT WE THAT MIGHT HELP YOU HERE. AND SO AND THEN THEN THEY I MEAN IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE FOR THE COUNTY. SO WE GOT IT TO THIS POINT AND WE UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T RECORD IT UNTIL THAT'S A ZERO BALANCE. EXACTLY. SO BUT THIS AT LEAST GETS IT TO THIS STEP WHILE THEY CONTINUE TO WORK TO BRING DOWN THE BALANCE. YEAH OKAY OKAY. THEN WE MIGHT COULD DO THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR. NO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST PLEASE STEP FORWARD.
IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE WE CAN CLOSE THE SECTION OF THE MEETING. COMMISSIONERS. YOUR THOUGHTS? I'M GOOD WITH THAT, IF YOU ARE. IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE A SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY I, I DO APPROVE WITH AMENDED CONDITION. OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY, I MOVED TO. I'LL RETRACT THE MOTION THAT I STARTED. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE THREE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS BY STAFF AND THE CHANGE TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. YEAH. TO THE STAFF. YEAH, TO THE STAFF. YEAH.
OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026 £0.15 MOTION TO APPROVE.
RECOMMENDED STAFF RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF HATLEN. ADDITIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE CITY OF ODESSA. BEING A REPLAT OF TERRORIST HILLS ADDITION, SEVENTH CAST ADDITION AND 1.09 ACRES OUT OF SECTION 16, BLOCK 42, TOWNSHIP TWO SOUTH TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY A 1087 ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST 42ND STREET AND PLEASANT AVENUE. COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THE APPLICANT, S.W. HOWELL INC. AND LARRY HANLON, OWNER, ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A REPLAT TO CREATE ONE LOT FOR DEVELOPMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT OF THE HAMLET ADDITION AS PRESENTED. COMMISSIONERS. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED THIS MOTION ON THE TABLE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OBJECTIONS? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES CASE FILE NUMBER 2026 £0.18 MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF ROYALTY HEIGHTS. SECOND FILING BEING A REPLAT OF LOT 17 C AND 18 A, B, BLOCK 11 ROYALTY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION. FIRST FILING CITY OF ODESSA, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS LOCATED ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF EAST SECOND STREET AND PARK AVENUE. COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THE APPLICANT, SKYLINE CIVIL GROUP AND LLC OWNER ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A REPLAT TO CREATE ONE LOT FOR OWNERSHIP PURPOSES. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT OF ROYALTY HEIGHTS SECOND FILING, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITION ON YOUR SCREEN. COMMISSIONERS, I MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTIONS? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. CASE FILE NUMBER 2026 £0.17 ETJ. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF. RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS OF WEST RIDGE SUBDIVISION FIFTH FILING BEING A REPLAT OF LOT 23, BLOCK 26 WEST RIDGE SUBDIVISION, SECOND FILING, ECTOR COUNTY, TEXAS.
GENERALLY, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST OF WEST 20TH STREET, APPROXIMATELY 700FT EAST OF NORTH FLAMINGO. EXTRATERRESTRIAL TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. THANK YOU. THE APPLICANT, SKYLINE CIVIL GROUP AND ORTEGA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC OWNER, ARE SEEKING APPROVAL
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OF A REPLAT TO CREATE THREE LOTS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REPLAT OF THE WEST RIDGE SUBDIVISION FIFTH FILING, SUBJECT TO CONDITION A ON YOUR SCREEN. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. MOBILE HOMES. I'M ACTUALLY NOT SURE WHAT THE INTENT IS ON THE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM THIS NOT LOOK LIKE LONG AND SKINNY? YEAH.YEAH. NO, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD FIT THERE OKAY. YEAH. BUT THEY ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR WATER. WELL AND SEPTIC. YES. OKAY. AND THEN THEY DO MEET THE THE MINIMUM WIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL. OKAY. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPRESENTATION. THEY WITHDREW THEIR PREVIOUS REPLAT BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET COUNTY STANDARDS. THEY HAD SIX LOTS THAT WERE ALL, BUT THEY WERE TOO NARROW IN WIDTH. AND SO THEY REPRESENTING THIS WITH JUST THREE LOTS INSTEAD OF SIX. OKAY, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OBJECTION. SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE.
WE DON'T HAVE A PACKET FOR THE LAST ONE BECAUSE IT'S A DISCUSSION. OKAY. CASE FILE 20, CASE FILE NUMBER 2020 SIX, DASH 03Z. DISCUSS A REQUEST BY THE CITY OF ODESSA APPLICANT TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE. ARTICLE 4-2 OF CITY OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ODESSA BY ADOPTING SECTION 14 TWO DASH 12 TO ADD AND REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS. STR AS A LAND USE, PROVIDING DEFINITIONS. PERMITTED ZONING DISTRICTS, SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENFORCEMENT, SEVERABILITY AND CODIFICATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. SO TODAY IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF EXCITING. WE GOT TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN JUST SEEING PLOTS AND ZONING. OKAY. SO COUNCIL HAS BEEN CONSIDERING CREATING A SHORT TERM RENTAL.
WHY? BECAUSE AT A STATE LEVEL, IT ALLOWS US TO START COLLECTING TAXES FOR ALL THE SHORT TERM RENTALS THAT LET'S BE REAL, THEY ALREADY EXIST HERE. SO IT'S A WAY OF BEING ABLE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANY MONEY ON THE TABLE AND WE CAN COLLECT THAT. AND ALSO IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE STRATEGIC. AND IF RULES AND REGULATIONS NEED TO BE LIKE ENFORCEMENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN FOLLOW. SO OUR GOAL FOR TODAY IS JUST TO KIND OF INTRODUCE IT FOR YOU GUYS OF WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WOULD DO, AND TO GET YOUR INPUT ON IT AS WELL. BEFORE I START ANY QUESTIONS, I'M IN REAL ESTATE, SO I'M VERY. QUESTION A LOT. SO LET'S START WITH THE DEFINITION OF A SHORT TERM RENTAL. SO IN THIS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FIRST HAVE TO DO IS INTRODUCE THE TERMINOLOGY OF IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ALTERING TWO CHAPTERS IN OUR CODE WHICH IS CHAPTER 11, WHICH IS THE TAXATION PART, WHICH IS UNDER FINANCE. AND IT WOULD BE THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE CHAPTER 14, WHICH IS PLANNING AND ZONING. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS COME TO ME. SO WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THE PROPERTY, PROPERTY WHERE ALL OR PORTIONS OF A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT, INCLUDING AN APARTMENT OR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, WHICH WE DON'T RIGHT NOW HAVE ACCESSORY LIKE DWELLINGS. BUT IN THE FUTURE, AS WE AMEND OUR ORDINANCES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME IN. YOU MIGHT SEE THEM AS A SECONDARY HOME. SOMETIMES THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS ADUS, BUT ADUS MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY AND THEY MIGHT NOT KIND OF CONNECT. I'M SORRY IF IT KIND OF GETS COMPLICATED IN A WAY. MAYBE RENTED OR LEASE FOR COMPENSATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE USE OF SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS ON A TEMPORARY OR TRANSIT BASE FOR LESS. AND THIS IS THE KEY. LESS THAN 30 DAYS CONSECUTIVE. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR DORMITORIES, LIKE FOR UNIVERSITIES, IF THEY HAVE THE DORMS. THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS.
IT DOES NOT INCLUDE HOTELS, BED AND BREAKFAST. HOWEVER, THERE ARE RENTALS THAT ARE MORE THAN 31 THAN 30 DAYS THAT ARE ALSO GOING TO BE POSTED AS THE EVERYDAY RENTAL. SO THEY'RE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A DAILY AVAILABILITY, BUT THEY'RE LONGER THAN THE 30 DAYS, SO THOSE DON'T GET INCLUDED INTO HERE. THE OTHER ONE THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO THINK, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT LATER, IS GOING TO BE THE IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS WORKFORCE HOUSING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AIRBNBS THOUGH. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AIRBNBS. YES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT AIRBNBS. BUT IT'S,
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YOU KNOW, TERMINOLOGY, THEIR LINGO. SO THEREFORE WE JUST CALL THEM SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THIS CASE. SO THERE'S LIKE I MENTIONED THERE'S TWO CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHICH IS THE STR FOR TAXATION. CHAPTER 11 AND STR ORDINANCE FOR THE ZONING WHICH WOULD BE CHAPTER 14. THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO US. AND WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ADOPTING THE TAXATION PORTION OF IT. BUT I KIND OF WANTED YOU GUYS TO AT LEAST HAVE THE INFORMATION OF WHAT THAT PORTION WOULD BE. SO WHY THE STATE ALLOWS US TO COLLECT TAXES ON THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED IN THE HOTEL MOTEL OCCUPANCY. SO IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THE TAXATION.AND THAT'S HOW IT CAME TO BE. BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALLOWED IN THE TAXATION FORMAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ALLOWED BASED ON ZONING. AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW, ZONING HAS LAND USE. SO YOU HAVE TO DEFINE THE TERMINOLOGY WHICH WOULD BE SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND THEN GIVE IT THE DESIGNATION OF WHERE IN OUR LAND USE IS IT GOING TO BE ALLOWED. SO THIS APPLIES THAT NOW THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE 7% TAXES. WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. AS WE ALL KNOW, HOTEL AND MOTEL TAXATION DOES HELP US TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
ONE THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW A LOT WOULD BE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I'M JUST GOING TO USE LIKE THE ART CULTURAL DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT HELPS YOU FUND THOSE OR HELPS YOU FUND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO, TO HELP GENERATE MORE VISITORS INTO OUR CITY. AND THEN IT JUST MEANS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO INTRODUCE IN THEIR SECTION THE DEFINITION, WHERE BOTH HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
SO THAT'S THE TAXATION PORTION OF IT. SO WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT IT? IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, AS I MENTIONED, IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HARMING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY OF THE AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING THAT WE ARE, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AWAY FROM OUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE. WE DON'T WANT JUST IT TO BECOME A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT WHERE THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HURTING OUR HOUSING MARKET AS WELL. SO BY CREATING THE THE IDENTIFYING WHERE THE ZONINGS MIGHT BE CAN HELP US PREVENT THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SHORT TERM RENTALS ALSO HELP US TO WITH CRITICAL THINGS THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE NOISE COMPLIANCE OF IT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR SAFETY. WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, I'M TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY SAFETY. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE A FLOOD THAT COMES IN. WE, THE CITIZENS MAY KNOW HOW TO REACT TOWARDS THEM AND WE MIGHT GET THE NOTIFICATIONS, BUT SOMEBODY VISITING OUR CITY MAY NOT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AND MIGHT NOT BE CONNECTED TO OUR NETWORK. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A CONTACT INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO INFORM THOSE SHORT TERM RENTALS OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY. JUST TALKING ABOUT REGISTERING.
YEAH, LIKE IN OUR HOMES WE DON'T ALLOW LIKE WHERE I LIVE, WE CAN'T HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL IN OUR HOA. SO SOME YOU KNOW, IT'S RESTRICTED. SO YEAH, SOME SUBDIVISIONS ALREADY HAVE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS WILL ALSO AFFECT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE MAY ALLOW IT IN THAT ZONING, IF HOA DOES NOT ALLOW IT, THEY HAVE TO COMPLY TO BOTH.
BUT WE CAN ONLY REGULATE WHAT THE CITY DOES AND IMPLIES. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ME AN INPUT ON IT, AND WE'LL COME BACK. I'M JUST GOING TO PRESENT IT AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS SLIDE. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHERE SHOULD IT BE? AND THERE'S SHOULD IT BE PERMITTED EVERYWHERE? SHOULD SOME AREAS HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OR SOME AREAS BE PROHIBITED? THEN THERE'S TWO TYPES OF OWNERS OR OCCUPANCY. IF YOU WANT TO SAY WE HAVE TYPE ONE THAT IS OWNER OCCUPIED, THAT MEANS THAT THE OWNER IS GOING TO BE THERE AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST RENTING A ROOM OR SOMETIMES THEY LIKE I SAID, IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT HAVE A SECONDARY HOME LIKE A GUEST HOUSE. SO MAYBE THEY'RE RENTING THE EITHER THE PRIMARY OR THE GUEST HOUSE, OR TYPE TWO IS WHERE THE OWNER IS NOT ON THE PREMISE, AND YOU'RE JUST RENTING THE WHOLE HOUSE TO TO THE VISITORS. REMEMBER HOW I SAID INDUSTRIAL IS NOT IN HERE? SO AS YOU CAN TELL, INDUSTRIAL IS NOT IN HERE. THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE ALREADY ARE ALLOWING. THEY'RE KIND OF CLASSIFIED UNDER WORKFORCE HOUSING. WE HAVE THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT FOR THOSE WORKFORCE HOUSING OF HOW YOU HAVE TO BE LIVING IN THERE FOR THE
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DURATION OF WHAT TIME. SO AS WE CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE, THAT PORTION MIGHT CHANGE. SO IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE THEM, YOU KNOW, INTO THE INTO THIS AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ALLOWED, THEY MIGHT BE ALLOWED BY US BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IN THE FUTURE WHERE THAT ZONING IS GOING TO GO AND WHAT OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING MIGHT CHANGE TO. SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT? SORRY. NO WORRIES. BUT DO YOU MEAN LIKE. WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE GOSH, IT SLIPPED MY MIND. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WHEN OIL FIELD COMPANY MIGHT HAVE AN RV SPOT AND THEY LET THEIR PEOPLE LIVE THERE, SO. OR THE MAN CAMPS? CORRECT. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN WE ANNEX A LOT OF THIS AREA INTO OUR CITY, A LOT OF THESE MAN CAMPS OR WORKFORCE HOUSING CAME IN. THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO. NOW, IF YOU START A BUSINESS AND YOU ADD HOUSING INTO IT, NOW WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. SO COUNCIL YOU GUYS SEE IT. COUNCIL GETS TO SEE IT RIGHT. BUT WE ALREADY HAVE WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT EXISTS THAT IS NOT WITH AN SEP. SO ONCE THIS COMES INTO PLAY THAT CAN AFFECT THOSE HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY NEVER CAME IN TO THE CITY TO GET AN SUP. SO NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BECOME SHORT TERM RENTALS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THOSE. SO LIKE THOSE MAN CAMPS. OR THEY WOULD IF WE WERE TO VOTE FOR THIS, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE TAX IF CORRECT. CORRECT. IF, IF THEY, IF THEY CLASSIFY THEM AS THAT. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME CRITERIAS OF WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT REGULATIONS, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO THAT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PLATFORM AND WHERE THEY HAVE TO REGISTER. SO ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE REGISTERED THERE, WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTING TAXES ON THOSE. BUT IF THEY DON'T GET REGISTERED IN THERE, WE'RE CLASSIFYING THEM AS WHATEVER THEY ARE TODAY. BUT WE ARE STILL SCANNING. SO IF IF YOU KNOW THE PLATFORM IDENTIFIES THEM THAT THEY ARE DOING THE DAILY RENTALS, THEN THEY'LL GET THE CITATIONS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY RENT THOSE OUT FOR A LOT OF MONEY. YEAH, THEY DO KNOW. BUT IF THIS SELF ENROLLMENT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEIR OWN PROPERTY AS ONE OF THESE AND THEY. YEAH. SO ARE THEY. SO LET ME MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE'LL YEAH. KEEP YOUR YOUR QUESTION. BUT YES AS A REGULAR HOMEOWNER WHO DECIDES TO RENT A HOME AND YOU DID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REGISTER THEIR HOUSE THEN. NO. SO IT DEPENDS. RIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A SHORT TERM RENTAL, YES. THEN YOU'RE REGISTERING. BUT YOU CAN STILL RENT YOUR HOUSE FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. YOU DON'T NEED TO REGISTER. YOU DON'T FALL UNDER THAT. YOU DO NOT FALL UNDER THAT. THIS IS JUST FOR CONSECUTIVE THE 30 DAYS. THAT'S THE KEY. YEAH. PEOPLE CALL ME ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND I SAID THERE'S NO ORDINANCE ON IT RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON IT ON THE BOOKS. YES. CORRECT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW LIKE WHAT CITIES RIGHT NOW HAVE IT. SO REMEMBER HOW I SAID YOU HAVE THE TAXATION PART. YOU HAVE THE ZONING PART. SO A LOT OF CITIES MIGHT JUST BE COLLECTING THE TAXATION DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS DONE CORRECTLY. SO YOU'RE OPENING UP YOUR CITY TO GET DIFFERENT LAWSUITS, WHICH THERE'S TONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IF YOU LOOK INTO THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO IDENTIFY SOME IN WHERE THE ZONING HAS BEEN AMENDED AND SOME THAT HAS NOT. SO FORT WORTH. YES. OBVIOUSLY THE THE THE BIGGER CITIES HAVE RULES AND AND IMPLEMENTATIONS. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE CONSTANTLY AMENDING DUE TO LAWSUITS. I KNOW RIGHT NOW I CAN TELL YOU LIKE THE METROPLEX IS VERY CONCERNED AND TO HAVE A COUPLE LAWSUITS GOING ON BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE FIFA IS COMING TO THE AREA, THERE'S NOW A LAWSUIT AND WHERE THEY'RE FIGHTING TO GET ALL THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO BE ABLE TO BECOME SHORT TERM RENTALS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONCLUSION BEFORE THAT OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOUR CITY THAT OVERDOES IT AND CAN CREATE EITHER HARDSHIP IN ONE END, BUT IT CAN CREATE PROSPERITY IN ANOTHER ONE. SO IT'S IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE. SO US WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IT, HAVE IT IN OUR ZONING AND DO IT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEYS AND YOU GUYS AND THE COUNCIL DECIDES WHERE THEY SHOULD GO TO.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A PERMITTING SYSTEM FOR THAT. AND WE WILL HAVE THAT PLATFORM THAT
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WILL IDENTIFY CONSTANTLY, WILL BE SCANNING TO SEE WHO IS RENTING THEM, BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT POST IT ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO AIRBNB, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO VERBAL THERE, AND THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE PLATFORMS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT. YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT TODAY WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EXIST.SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GOING TO BE CHECKING THAT TO SEE YOU'LL THEY'LL GET A NOTIFICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO REGISTER JUST IN CASE THEY DON'T KNOW. AND SO THAT WOULD MAKE US IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERYTHING. AND WE'RE WE CAN'T ALWAYS CATCH EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO CATCH AS MANY AS WE CAN. SO THEY'RE IN THE SYSTEM. MIDLAND DOES NOT. THEY DO HAVE THE TAXATION PART OF IT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN ZONING. SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YES, YOU'RE YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE IN THE TAXATION ASPECT, BUT IN ZONING YOU'RE GOING AGAINST YOUR ZONING. AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED BASED ON LAND USE. LUBBOCK DOESN'T EITHER. AMARILLO SOMEWHAT. THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. AND ABILENE MOST LIKELY THEY'RE NOT. OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING WITH. AND SO WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THEM TO PROVIDE? WE'RE TRYING TO BE NOT INVASIVE, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST HAVE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RUN THIS SMOOTHLY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AGAIN, WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS SAFETY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE ADDRESS OF WHERE THE STR IS GOING TO BE, WHO THE OWNER IS OR THE OPERATION WHO IS OPERATING IT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HIRE SOMEBODY TO MANAGE ALL THEIR PROPERTIES. YOU KNOW WHO THEY'RE WHERE THEY'RE ADVERTISING, WHAT PLATFORM THEY'RE GOING TO. SO WE'RE AWARE. AND THAT WAY WE CAN ALSO KEEP TABS OF NEW PLATFORMS THAT MAY COME OUT. WE AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE NEED A CONTACT LOCAL CONTACT THAT WE CAN REACH OUT WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO THEN THAT PERSON CAN LET YOU KNOW THE THE TENANT OR WHOEVER'S RENTING THE THE HOME OR APARTMENT. IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, THERE'S A CONTACT LOCALLY, THEN WE NEED A STATEMENT ENSURING THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH OUR REGULATIONS. WHICH ZONING WOULD BE ONE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLIANCE ARE FIRE AND BUILDING CODE AS WELL. ANOTHER REQUIREMENTS BASED ON STATE BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE EVERY YEAR. LAWS CONSTANTLY ARE UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF OUR CURRENT LAWS. LIKE I MENTIONED, VERIFICATION THAT THEY ARE NOT ONLY ARE THEY COMPLYING WITH ZONING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO COMPLYING WITH CHAPTER 11, WHICH IS THE TAXATION THAT THEY'RE REGISTERED IN THERE. AND THEN WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY BEDROOMS THERE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST GOING TO RENT ONE ROOM. SO WE WANT TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION. THE PROPOSED NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS AND THEN THE NUMBERS OF THE OFF STREET PARKING. SO HOW DOES LIKE ISN'T IT STILL IS IT LIKE THREE FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN A HOME OR IS IT, IS IT WHAT WAS OUR NUMBER OR WAS IT FOUR. IT'S LIKE THREE. SO THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED. SO BEFORE YOU WERE YOU HAD AN ABILITY BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE TO PUT, YOU KNOW, THE YOU WOULD SAY LIKE TWO PER ROOM OR THREE, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. SO NOW IT'S BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN AN AREA. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT CAN BE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A ROOM AND THAT ROOM CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, A QUEEN AND THEN IT CAN HAVE BUNK BEDS. RIGHT? OKAY. SO YOU CAN'T SAY YOU CAN HAVE X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. YOU JUST GO BASED ON WHAT THE, THE LAW ALLOWS US TO PUT IN A ROOM. SO WE'VE CHANGED THAT IN OUR ORDINANCES NOW SO THAT THAT HAS. YEP. THAT'S THAT ACTUALLY IS IN THE ICC CODE OKAY. YEAH OKAY OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT WILL THE SCR BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ON SITE. WELL THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT TOO. AND I THINK THIS IS MY CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS. SO AN SCR WILL REQUIRE POSTING A REGISTERED NUMBER AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE STRUCTURE. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF HOW YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE VISITING OUR TOWN AND THEY CAN SEE, OH, I REALLY LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE. WELL, BY THEM IDENTIFYING THAT STICKER, IT LETS THEM KNOW THAT, HEY, THIS IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENT, YOU KNOW, A HOME
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IN THIS AREA THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY. THE OTHER ONE IS THAT LET'S SAY THAT SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO BUY A HOUSE THERE BY THEM. SEEING THAT STICKER WILL ALSO LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL NEXT DOOR. FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE. FOR SOME PEOPLE IT MIGHT NOT BE AN ISSUE, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. THE OTHER WHEN YOU SAY STICKER, YOU JUST MEAN LIKE AT THE ENTRANCE, A SMALL STICKER. SO YOU'D HAVE TO WALK UP TO THE DOOR TO BE ABLE TO NOTICE THAT IT'S A. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW A LITTLE. YES. BUT USUALLY WHEN. AND THE REALTOR WOULD BE A BIG DETERRENCE, I CAN TELL YOU. AND I'M WE'RE NOT THE FIRST CITY THAT DOES THAT. EVERYBODY HAS PUT THAT INTO THEIR ORDINANCES RECENTLY, AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TONS OF LAWSUITS IN REGARDS TO THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHERE THEY WERE NOT NOTIFIED THAT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR WAS, YOU KNOW, A SHORT TERM RENTAL AND SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE KIDS OR THEY MAY NOT, OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO BE NEXT TO ONE. WE'RE NOT, I GUESS, INFORMED.AND BECAUSE THEY'RE COLLECTING TAXATIONS AND IT'S BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR ZONING, THEY FELT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED. SO IS IT A LAW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED? SO IT PEOPLE HAVE PUT IT IN AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE OF LAWSUITS? CITIES HAVE PUT IT IN.
SO IF YOU CHECK A LOT OF THE NEW UPDATED ORDINANCES THAT HAVE HAPPENED, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE UPDATING THEM. HECK, IF I WAS THE HOMEOWNER TRYING TO SELL MY HOUSE, I WOULD SUE THE CITY FOR THEM HINDERING ME TO SELL MY HOUSE. AND THAT'S THE THING THAT THAT'S NOT THE ROUTE THAT LAWSUITS HAVE HAPPENED. IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK YOU'D BE DEVALUING MY HOUSE FOR KEEPING ME FROM SELLING IT. AND THE OTHER PERSON CAN SAY THE SAME THING. I'M GOING TO BUY A HOUSE THAT IS GOING TO DEVALUE IT, BECAUSE I HAVE A HOUSE THAT YOU'RE CONSTANTLY SEEING UNKNOWN PEOPLE COME IN. SO IT GOES BOTH WAYS, AND IT'S WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS TO GO TO AND WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO TO DO. I DON'T KNOW IF JIMMY WAS ON THIS RIGHT NOW. HE'D BE TELLING YOU THE SAME THING, I THINK. BUT NO. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, IF IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL, WHICH IS LESS THAN 30 DAYS, RIGHT? AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO COMMIT, THEY HAVE A LONG TERM COMMITMENT AND A CITY, AND THEY WANT TO RENT IT FOR FOR SIX MONTHS. WHERE DOES IT FALL IN THE. SO IT WOULD NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE LIST. SO THEY'RE NOT BEING CHARGED THAT TAXATION PART OF THAT OKAY. OKAY.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE IF IT'S A LONG TERM RENTAL OR SHORT TERM EITHER LIKE THAT TOO. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE SHORT TERM IS THE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUT. IT'S SOMEBODY DIFFERENT ALL THE TIME. AND YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT IT COULD BE A SEX OFFENDER COMING IN THERE FOR A DAY OR NOT, OR YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO REPORT. BUT SO I DON'T KNOW. SO THE OTHER ONE IS THAT THE OWNER NEEDS TO COMPLY WITH FIRE CODES, REGULATIONS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CARBON MONOXIDE IS THERE. YOU KNOW THAT YOUR ALARMS ARE UP TO DATE, THE BATTERIES ARE WORKING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU DO HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN THERE THAT IS UP TO DATE AND CURRENT BECAUSE THEY DO EXPIRE.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT ALL BEDROOMS HAVE A WORKING WINDOW, THAT YOU CAN OPEN THOSE WINDOWS IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WINDOWS CAN BE OPENED AND THEY'RE BIG ENOUGH TO CRAWL OUT. YES, YOU GOT IT. POINT OF EGRESS. ADEQUATE PARKING ON SITE. JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE AND UNDERSTAND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANT TO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE CARS COME IN INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE TAKING ALL OF THE PARKING OFF STREET. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING IN THEIR PROPERTY. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON RENTING HAS OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE NOISE COMPLIANCE OR IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY HAVE THE PROPER INFORMATION OF WHO TO CONTACT.
AND AGAIN, THIS COMES IN THE EMERGENCY THAT I WAS TALKING. IF WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER THAT THEY KNOW WHO OR WHERE TO GO TO IF THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO HOW EXACTLY WOULD THAT WORK? IT'S IT'S ON THE OWNER OF THE HOME TO NOTIFY THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER RENTED A SHORT TERM RENTAL. USUALLY THEY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BINDER. OH YEAH. AND THEY'LL HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THERE. AND USUALLY YOU CAN EVEN LEAVE YOUR LITTLE NOTES OR COMMENTS. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME WILL PUT IN LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF LIKE, OH, CHECK OUT THIS RESTAURANT OR GO HERE. WHAT IF YOU DON'T READ THEM? OR LOOK, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE. IF SOMEONE READS IT, THAT'S UP TO THEM. BUT AT LEAST THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT. BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED THIS. YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ORDINANCE
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ON HERE. YES, DEFINITELY NEEDS TO HAVE. SO JUST FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS IS TOWARDS MY END OF MY PRESENTATION. STAFF AND COUNCIL WANTS TO SEEK YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS. WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERNS. AND WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE ADD? WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT AS WE'RE ADOPTING THIS ORDINANCE? THIS IS LIKE ANY OTHER ORDINANCE. YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, YOU'LL WANT TO DO TOWN HALL MEETINGS.SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED AS WELL. IT'S THEIR CITY AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS CAN BE AND WHAT THE BENEFITS OF IT CAN BE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE LIFE SAFETY IS THERE, THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING OUR CITY KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO IF THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY, AND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE DO HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE INFORMED AND HOW MAKING SURE THAT WE ALSO ARE COLLECTING TAXES FOR SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN OUR CITY. SORRY. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER CODE COMPLIANCE. SO IF WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, REGULATE A HOME THAT MAY BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THE CITY CAN GO. SO WE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HURT US. I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT FREDERICKSBURG. I KNOW THAT THEY TRIED TO MAYBE NOT DO ANY AT ALL. AND I THINK THAT I THINK THEY WENT IN THERE AND DID SOMETHING, BUT I THINK FREDERICKSBURG MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING. MAYBE THEY DID. THEY WANTED TO ELIMINATE ALL. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT, TOO. LET'S THINK ABOUT WHO ARE THE TOURISTS THAT COME HERE, YOU KNOW, FREDERICKSBURG, GREAT CITY. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. WHO ARE THE TOURISTS THAT COME HERE? BECAUSE I CURRENTLY LIVE ACROSS THE STREET. THERE'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL, AND I HATE IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT MEN FROM THE OIL FIELD PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, HAVING PARTIES AND THIS AND THAT. AND I HATE IT BECAUSE IT'S LOUD MUSIC. THERE'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, AND I DON'T LIKE IT. BUT THEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THE GUY THAT OWNS FIVE AIRBNBS. OTHER.
YEAH. SO I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A BALANCE OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SO THAT I WON'T BE UPSET BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE PARKING ON MY DRIVEWAY, THERE'S NOT MUSIC, THERE'S PARKING ON TOP OF THE GRASS. YES. I MEAN, HOW ARE WE GOING TO REGULATE THAT? AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE CITY AND OUR COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THOSE CONCERNS. BUT WHEN I RENT, WHEN I'M SO GOOD, I MEAN, I JUST SO NEAT AND NICE. WE HAVE TO BECAUSE I HAVE STUFF. SO YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SAFETY ASPECT AS WELL. AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAVE ONE RIGHT ACROSS YOUR YOUR HOME RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CITY IS NOT COLLECTING TAXES ON THAT. SO THEY'RE ALREADY HERE AND THERE'S A PLACE TO MAKE A COMPLAINT. THEN YOU COULD, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT. YES. BECAUSE WE HAVE NO ORDINANCE, NO REGULATIONS. AND SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. WHAT DO YOU CALL WHAT DO YOU CALL. AND YOU CAN'T CALL ANYBODY. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT OKAY. SO REMEMBER I SAID WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ONE AND IT'S THAT OKAY. SO IF WE HAVE TYPE ONE SHOULD WE HAVE TYPE ONE. TYPE TWO. IS IT JUST GOING TO BE TYPE ONE WHICH IS WHERE THE OWNER IS THERE. OR YOU HAVE BOTH. AND THEN YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIAS ON IT. IF THE OWNER IS THERE MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO PERMIT THEM, RIGHT.
IF THE OWNER WON'T BE THERE, MAYBE YOU WANT TO JUST SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OR NOT ALLOW THEM IF IT'S IN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME. BUT WHERE WE HAVE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, LIKE YOU'RE SEEING MORE OF THE HIGHER DENSITY, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, MORE IN THE CORRIDORS, THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU DO WANT TO ALLOW THEM THEM BY RIGHT. AND MAYBE IN THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREA, IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LIKE THEM CONVERTING INTO LIKE WORKFORCE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL AREA, DO WE WANT TO COLLECT THE TAXES FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, AND SO DO WE ALLOW THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ONE CATEGORY. THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THEY'RE GETTING AWAY WITH IT. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE ONE, A PERSON THAT OWNS 1 OR 2 AIRBNBS AND THEY'RE GETTING TAXED. BUT THEN LIKE THE CORPORATION, THEY'RE NOT. SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD. LIKE LIKE AUSTIN. THEY ALLOWED THEM RIGHT EVERYWHERE. AND NOW THEY JUST WENT BACK AND THEY SAID, NO, NO, NO, HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IF YOU HAVE ONE HERE, THEN I THINK IT'S LIKE 1000FT. YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE. WELL, WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT 1000FT AND NOW YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE? THEN IT COMES TO. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AND
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CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO GO INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, OKAY, WHAT ARE OUR RULES IN THIS? WITH THIS APPLY TO THE MASTERS LIKE THE MASTERS. SO LIKE EVERYBODY, THEN THOSE PEOPLE RENT OUT THEIR BIG FANCY HOUSES OR LIKE AT THE OLD SHOW, THEY RENT THEM OUT FOR JUST A SHORT TIME. THAT MAYBE IF YOU DID THAT AND YOU WANTED TO RENT THEM OUT TO LIKE A BUSINESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF WE MADE FOR ALLOWANCES LIKE THAT. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT ALLOWANCE, SPECIAL, SPECIAL, YOU KNOW, ALLOWANCE AT ONE TIME.THAT IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT AT ALL WITH THIS SPECIAL PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THIS ALSO BE LIKE THERE'S TONS OF RVS EVERYWHERE THAT ARE BEING RENTED, RENTED AS SHORT TERM YOU CAN. SORRY, WE STILL HAVE YOU HAVE MORE CONCERNS COMMENTS. JUST EMAIL US. OKAY. SO RVS, ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO FALL UNDER THIS ORDINANCE? IT'S ALL HOUSING. SO IT'S UP TO LIKE SAY YES NO. WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THEM. DERBY'S THEMSELVES OR THE RV SPACES THE RV, IT'S BY PARCEL. IT HAS AN ADDRESS. AND I WOULD I WOULD SAY YOU WOULD HAVE TO REALLY DEFINE LIKE THE ADU VERSUS AN ACCESSORY VERSUS A YES, BECAUSE THAT COULD GET PRETTY BLURRY TOO, I WOULD IMAGINE. YES. AND AND REMEMBER, RIGHT NOW, ADUS ARE NOT IN OUR ORDINANCE EITHER. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT TO INCORPORATE. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WE JUST WENT OUT FOR RFP FOR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. SO OUR GOAL IS TO AMEND OUR ORDINANCE. SO YOU GUYS WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT AS WELL. AND SO OUR ORDINANCE WILL BE CHANGING HOW WE DON'T KNOW YET. SO IS THIS LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO GOING TO GO IN CONJUNCTION, MAYBE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD TALKED TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT LONG TERM RENTALS.
DO THEY IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE CITY PLANS THAT COULD ALSO REGULATE LONG TERM RENTALS? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM RENTALS. SO THAT WOULD BE MORE OF YOUR OF YOUR, YOU KNOW LIKE HOUSING. OKAY. SO BEFORE I LOSE QUORUM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR AND WE CAN IF YOU WANT WE CAN CONTINUE ON TO OUR NEXT MEETING. IF WE PASS THE THE.
THESE THE PAMPHLETS WE HAVE. YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE. SO YOU GUYS CAN EMAIL ME OR WE CAN SINCE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO, WE CAN CONTINUE ON. OKAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS THE INTRO OF THIS. AND BECAUSE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ORDER ORDINANCES ON LONG TERM AS WELL, BECAUSE ME PERSONALLY, THERE'S SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN AN ADU ACROSS MY ALLEY AND THEY PARK IN THE ALLEY AND ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND THE NIGHT. SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANYWAY? NO. BUT WHO? YEAH. WHY DON'T THEY CHECK THAT? ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OBJECTION? SAME SIGN. MOTION
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.