Oct 17, 2023 City Planning Commission Meetings

UH,

[2. Zoning File 23-12 Special Permit & Planned Development – Naturich: Consider and act on a request to rezone approximately 9 acres located on the south side of Research Drive, west of Telecom Parkway, from PD Planned Development for the I-M(1) Industrial District with modified development standards to PD Planned Development for the I-M(1) Industrial District with modified development standards and revised concept plan and for approval of a Special Permit for a Manufacturing Facility, Heavy use. Property Owner: Prakash Purohit, representing Naturich Labs Inc. Staff: Derica Peters.]

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UH, THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF AND I'M GONNA TURN THE MEETING OVER TO VICE CHAIRMAN SOUTHER.

THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

UM, THE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS, UH, FOR ZONING FILE 23 DASH 12.

IT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL ASK, UM, MS. PETERS TO MAKE THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

ATTRACTS PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE TRACK TO THE WEST, UH, IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO DEVELOP.

ZONING FILE 23 TWELVES IS A REQUEST BY NATURE RICH COSMETIC LABS FOR A REVISION TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE IM ONE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND FOR A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR A HEAVY MANUFACTURING FACILITY.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS UNDEVELOPED.

IT IS LOCATED AT SOUTH OF RESEARCH DRIVE AND WEST OF TELECOM PARKWAY.

IN THE PANHANDLE.

UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS COMPRISED OF TWO PROPERTIES.

UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS APPROXIMATELY 6.6 ACRES AND TO THE SOUTHEAST.

THE PROPERTY IS 2.2 ACRES SURROUNDING PROPERTY HAS BEEN ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL AND BEEN DEVELOPED WITH INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE USES.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS A CURRENTLY THE CURRENT CONCEPT PLAN.

THE SITE WAS APPROVED WITH A PD AND A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING IN 2019 AND 2021.

AND SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE NOT, UH, DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY OR OBTAINED A BUILDING PERMIT.

SO THE SPECIAL PERMIT EXPIRED.

SO THE APPLICANT IS BACK TO REQUEST THAT SPECIAL PERMIT AND TO MODIFY THE APPROVED CONCEPT PLANS AND ELEVATIONS.

A SPECIAL PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR A HEAVY MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING FACILITY, WHICH REFERS TO A FACILITY THAT INTAKES AND PROCESSES RAW MATERIALS.

UH, NATURE RICH PROCESSES, LARGE QUANTITIES OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS LIKE SEA SALT, ALOE, AND ESSENTIAL OILS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC BEAUTY AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS.

HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I'M GONNA CALL OUT THE ORIGINAL, UH, AND CURRENTLY APPROVED LOCATIONS FOR THE LOADING DOCKS, UH, AS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THESE LOCATIONS FOR THE LOADING AREAS ON THE EAST AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE REVISED SOME WITH THE NEW PROPOSED PLAN.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE OVERALL SITE, INCLUDING BOTH

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UH, AND THE SPECIAL PERMIT FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING WILL JUST APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY.

THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TRACKS SHOWN HERE WILL BE PHASE TWO, AND THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS STATED THEY DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE PLANS TO DEVELOP HERE, BUT THEY DO INTEND TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS, GROW THEIR OPERATION HERE, AND EXPAND WITH ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES AND OFFICE IN THIS TRACK.

IF THEY DID INTEND TO DO ANY HEAVY MANUFACTURING AND PROCESS RAW MATERIALS IN THIS LOCATION, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND REQUEST A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THAT PROPERTY.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN.

SO THE FOOTPRINT FOR THE BUILDING IS SIMILAR, UH, TO WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED.

THE BUILDING WILL NOW BE 125,500 SQUARE FEET.

THAT'S A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT INCREASE FROM THE LAST APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN.

SO NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE IN THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.

UH, SINCE THEY DO HAVE ADDITIONAL BUILDING AREA, THEY'RE, THEY ARE PROVIDING MORE PARKING.

UH, THEY'RE BEING PARKED AT THE RATIO THAT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE PD.

SO WE DO FIND THEY HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING PER THAT RATIO.

I'LL CALL OUT THE LOADING AREAS HERE ON THE NEW CONCEPT PLAN.

THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE, UH, IN THE BLUE LINES TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY.

ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE FIVE OVERHEAD DOORS FACING EAST AND ON THE WEST THERE ARE FOUR OVERHEAD DOORS FACING WEST AND ONE OVERHEAD DOOR FACING SOUTH.

SO THERE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT, THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO SCREEN THESE AREAS FROM THE ROAD OR FROM NEIGHBORING AND ADJACENT NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, PROPOSED TO SCREEN THESE AREAS WITH BOTH A 10 FOOT TALL CONCRETE SCREENING WALL, UH, AND VEGETATION ALONG THOSE SCREENING WALLS, AN EVERGREEN TREE LINE, UH, ALONG THOSE SCREENING WALLS AND ALONG RESEARCH BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PROPERTY TO, UH, SHIELD THE VIEW OF THOSE LOADING AND RECEIVING AREAS.

IN ADDITION, THE, UH, AS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE APPLICANT WILL BE EXCEEDING THE 10% LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT BY PROVIDING 16% LANDSCAPE AREA.

THESE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENTLY APPROVED ELEVATIONS.

UH, THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

THE BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A PAINT PAINTED CONCRETE TILT WALL AND FEATURE ELEMENTS LIKE METAL ACCENTS AND ALUMINUM STOREFRONT WINDOWS ON THE WEST AND EAST ELEVATION.

YOU WILL SEE WHERE THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE BUILDING HEIGHT AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

NOW, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO AMEND THE PD TO ALLOW THEM A MAXIMUM OF 40 FEET IN BUILDING HEIGHT.

THE, THE, THEY WERE APPROVED TO HAVE A 35 FOOT MAX BUILDING HEIGHT WITH THE CURRENT PD, BUT SINCE THEY DO NEED TO ACCOMMODATE A LOADING AREA, WHICH WILL BE BELOW THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION AND BE AT A LOWER GRADE, UH, THEY'LL NEED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR TO FIVE FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

THESE SITE, THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE SUBJECT SITE AS IT IS TODAY, AND THIS FIRST ONE IS LOOKING WEST AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, AS VIEWED FROM BELIEVE THIS IS FROM TELECOM PARKWAY.

IT'S HARD TO TELL WHERE I AM IN THE ROAD THERE, BUT THAT'S LOOKING DUE WEST.

THE SECOND PICTURE IS LOOKING EAST AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

HERE WE ARE LOOKING NORTH AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND FINALLY LOOKING SOUTH AT THAT UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.

IN SUMMARY, SHOULD THE C P C ACCEPT THE REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING ARE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE CONDITIONS THAT WILL CARRY OVER FROM THE CURRENT APPROVED PD.

BUT IN ADDITION, WE HAVE HERE IS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 40 FEET SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR A SINGLE STORY BUILDING.

ANOTHER CHANGE IN HERE IS THE LOADING DOCK SCREENING.

SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION.

A 10 FOOT TALL CONCRETE SCREENING WALL AND LANDSCAPE SCREENING SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONGSIDE THE LOADING DOCKS.

AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE TWO, THEY SHALL ALSO INCORPORATE SIMILAR SCREENING ELEMENTS ALONG THE LOADING DOCK AREAS.

IF THE SPECIAL PERMIT WAS GRANTED, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE AREA SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.

IT WILL BE LIMITED TO NATURE RICH LABS AND A BUILDING PERMIT SHALL BE OBTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND FINALLY, WE DID RECEIVE, UH, ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST FOR, FROM THE NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST.

AND THEY HAD CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WESTERN FACING LOADING AREA AND OVERHEAD DOORS AND ABOUT THE ANTICIPATED, UH, TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE, UH, COMING THROUGH THE AREA OF THE WEST OF THE SITE, UM, IN THE LOADING AND, AND, UM, THE LOADING AREAS OF THE WEST OF THE SITE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

UH, COMMISSIONER ROBERTS.

MS. PETERS.

MS. PETERS, UM, DURING THE WORKING SESSION,

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WE, UH, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY TOUCHED ON THE TRAFFIC.

UM, IT WAS ZONED FOR HEAVY MANUFACTURING BEFORE.

WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION RELATED TO TRAFFIC STUDY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UH, PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY WITH THE PREVIOUS, UH, ZONING CASES OR WITH THIS ONE BECAUSE, UM, THE USE BEING HEAVY MANUFACTURE USES SUCH AS OFFICE, UH, WAREHOUSING AND TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING OR HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING ARE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.

UM, SO THE SPECIAL PERMIT REALLY APPLIES MORE TO THE USE TO KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA OVERSIGHT AS TO WHAT MATERIALS ARE BEING USED.

BUT IT WOULD STILL BE THE TYPE OF USE, IT WOULD GENERATE THE SAME TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.

I GUESS, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAD MENTIONED THAT DURING THE WORKING SESSION WE DID DISCUSS THE, UH, FIRE LANE AND, UH, NO CONCERNS.

IT'S A STANDARD WITH FIRE LANE, RIGHT? IF I RECALL? THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S A STANDARD WITH FIRE LANE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL HAS REVIEWED THE PLANS AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH WHAT'S PRESENTED.

AND THEN ALSO DURING THE WORKING SESSION, WE DID DISCUSS THE LANDSCAPING, UH, SCREENING TO THE WEST, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY POSSIBLE GIVEN THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE FIRE LANE AND THE ROADS THERE.

YEAH, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE APPLICANT DID WHAT THEY COULD IN THAT LOWER WEST LOADING AREA TO SCREEN IT WHERE THEY COULD, WHERE THEY DID HAVE SOME ROOM FOR SOME LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UM, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SCREEN IT ANYMORE JUST BASED ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT.

AND AS THAT, UH, FIRE LANE AND ACCESS EASEMENT RUNS DOWN THE NORTH, NORTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY.

I'M, I'M CURIOUS, UM, MAYBE THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME, MAYBE NOT, BUT, UH, THESE, THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE COMING IN, IT'S WHAT, IT'S ALOE AND SEA SALT AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD ONE WAS, BUT HOW DOES THE ALOE COME IN? DOES IT COME IN AS A BUNCH OF ALOE LEAVES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CRUSH AND GET THE STUFF OUT AND THEN HAVE ALL OF THIS TRASH TO DISPOSE OF? OR IS IT SHIPPED IN THAT? HERE WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, 50,000 GALLONS OF, UH, PRE-PROCESSED OUTLET THAT'S A GEL OR A, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE'LL LET THE APPLICANTS ANSWER THAT, UM, WHEN THEY COME UP TO SPEAK, BUT THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL DEFER THAT QUESTION.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I I HAVE ONE.

UM, WE, I I BELIEVE IT WAS STATED THAT BY ORDINANCE THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING OF THE, UH, LOADING DOCKS.

THIS IS A VOLUNTARY THING BY THE APPLICANT, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE'S NO, IN THIS KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR SCREENING IN A NON-RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

SO THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED THE SCREENING.

200 GALLON EQUAL YOU IN ONE GALLON OF POWDER, YOU CAN ADD 200 GALLON OF WATER TO MAKE EQUAL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION AND ANSWERS.

UH, NOW, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW THE, UH, THE APPLICANT TO MAKE HIS PRESENTATION.

HE'LL HAVE 15 MINUTES AND ANY PART OF THAT CAN BE RESERVED FOR, UH, LATER USE AND REBUTTAL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

MY NAME IS PRAKASH OT.

OH, AND PLEASE, UH, UH, GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR OUR RECORDS.

UH, YES, SIR.

UH, MY NAME IS PRAKASH ROHE.

IT'S P R A K A S H.

LAST NAME IS P U R O H I T.

AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND OWNER OF NATURE H LABS INC.

AND YEAH, THIS IS MY THIRD VISIT TO THE COUNCIL .

SO I'M PRETTY MUCH, UH, I KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW IT TAKES STEP BY STEP.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND MAKE OUR CASE.

UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE APPROVED TWICE, BUT WE NEED EXTRA SPACE AND THE HEIGHT.

THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN.

AND INSTEAD GOING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION OF, UH, ALOE, NO, WE GET ALOE POWDERS.

WE DO NOT GET ANY LIFE, UH, PLANTATION IN OUR FACILITY AT ALL.

ALL OF OUR RAW MATERIALS WE GET, EITHER THEY ARE IN THE POWDER FORM OR THEY ARE IN THE LIQUID EXTRACT FORM AND JUST TO SAY ALOE, UH, THE POWDER WE GET IS CALLED 200 X MEANS, UH, YOU ADD 200 GALLON WATER IN IT TO MAKE, UH,

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SO THAT'S WHY THE FREIGHT IS VERY LITTLE AND THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO, UH, LIVE RAW MATERIALS COMING TO IT.

UH, WE ARE THE, WE ARE VERY UNIQUE COMPANY, UH, IN OUR WHOLE INDUSTRY.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MY BACKGROUND, BUT I CREATED AVEDA PRODUCTS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

IT'S A LONG TIME, AND THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS SO MUCH SUPERIOR AND BETTER TO WHAT I DID 35 YEARS AGO.

THIS IS ONLY FACILITY ENTIRE WORLD WHO ARE BESIDES F D A APPROVED.

WE ARE ALSO CERTIFIED FOR U SS D A PRODUCTS.

WE ARE CERTIFIED FOR NATURAL PRODUCT BY WHOLE FOODS, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER CERTIFICATION, EUROPEAN CERTIFICATION.

SO WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY WHO DOES ALL THE CERTIFICATION THAT TALK THAT SPEAKS ABOUT OUR SYSTEM AND HOW CLEAN WE ARE.

UH, WE HOW EVERY DAY WE GET CERTIFIED BY THEM.

NOT ONLY THAT WHOLE, WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH WHOLE FOODS AND THEY GAVE US AN AWARD AS ONE OF THE BEST INNOVATION COMPANY, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR FORMULAS ARE NOT ONLY BIODEGRADABLE, BUT THEY VERY FUNCTIONAL.

AND THESE ARE HIGH-END PRODUCTS AND WE REALLY COME FORWARD.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, I STARTED THIS BUSINESS IN RICHARDSON IN 2001, BUT THEN WE MOVED TO GARLAND WHEN WE NEEDED BIGGER FACILITY.

SO FORS COMING BACK HOME, THIS IS HOW I SEE IT.

I HAVE TO COME BACK TO RICHARDSON.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE WAY WE ARE SET UP, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE NEED DOCKS IN BOTH THE SITES BECAUSE ONE SIDE WE GET THE RAW MATERIALS AND OTHER SIDE WE DO THE SHIPPING OUT THE PLACE WHERE WE GET THE MATERIALS FROM, THEY COME IN NORMALLY SMALL TRUCKS, BUT THE OTHER SIDE, UH, WHAT SIDE IS THAT? WEST OR EAST? WHERE WE EAST, THE EAST SIDE IS THE ONE WITH THE SEMIS COME WHERE THE, THE LOWER IT.

SO, UH, GENTLEMAN WHO IS A LITTLE CONCERNED ON, UH, THIS SIDE, AS I SAID, MOST OF THE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO BE THE SMALLER TRUCKS, NOT, NOT THE HUGE TRUCKS THERE.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, SIR.

UH, COMMISSIONER PURDY.

CAN YOU SHARE ANY FORWARD LOOKING PLANS ON YOUR, ON YOUR PHASE TWO PROJECT? YEAH, WELL, OKAY, NOW I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

UH, WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DOING MANUFACTURING IN PHASE TWO.

UH, THAT WILL BE USED FOR OVERFLOW, EITHER FOR THE OFFICE SPACE OR FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT FULFILLMENT.

WHERE, UH, YOU, IT'S A, IT IS A OVERFLOW OF THE WAREHOUSE.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

NO EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED, NO RAW MATERIALS WILL BE USED SO THAT, THAT WILL BE ZONING WILL BE MUCH EASIER AND WE DON'T NEED ANY HEAVY ELECTRICAL OR ANYTHING THERE.

ORIGINAL PLAN IS FIRST OR EASIEST TO HAVE MINIMUM 30 FEET OF, UH, WAREHOUSING SPACE.

ANY YES, MR. ROBERTS? YES, SIR.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF WASTE IS GENERATED BY YOUR MANUFACTURING? VERY LITTLE, IF ANY.

UH, THE ANSWER.

WE HAVE A RECYCLING PROGRAM WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KNOWN, AS I SAID, ONE OF OUR FOCUS IS BEING VERY ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY.

SO ALL THE PACKAGING, UH, WE DO FULLY RECYCLING.

SO WASTAGE IS HARDLY ANYTHING FROM THERE.

UH, THE RAW MATERIALS WE USE ARE, MOST OF THEM ARE BIODEGRADABLE, SO WE NEVER EVEN HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE ARE, THEY DO THE SOLID CONTENTS IN THE WATER DRAINAGE WE ALWAYS COME OUT BELOW.

SO WASTAGE WITH ANY WILL BE, ACTUALLY NOT EVEN THAT.

WE DO A LOT OF CARDBOARD RECYCLING, SO OUR WASTAGE IS VERY MINIMAL AS COMPARED TO, UH, ANY OTHER COMPANY YOU WILL THINK OF.

THANK YOU, MR. CONSTANT TINGA.

JUST CURIOUS, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE DONE THIS TWICE, UH, BEFORE AND YOU'RE COMING BACK AGAIN.

UH, DO, HOW DO YOU THINK, OR DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA WORK THIS TIME? OR WHY WOULD IT NOT WORK AS THE, OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER ONE WAS RIGHT BEFORE COVID AND THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT GOING ON THERE, BUT, BUT, UM, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THIS IS GONNA GET YEAH.

DONE EVEN? YEAH, THANK YOU.

ANYWAY, IT'S BLESSINGS FOR US THAT THE COVID CAME BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE COULDN'T START THE BUILDING, BUT THE SAME TIME WE REALIZED GOING FURTHER PLANNING WITH DAVID THAT WE NEED, UH, FIVE FEET EXTRA, UH, ELEVATION WALLS BECAUSE WE, OUR

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AND WHEN DAVID STARTED WORKING, HE REALIZED WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET, UH, BECAUSE HE CAN TELL THE DETAIL.

SO BECAUSE OF THAT GAVE US AN ADVANTAGE, I MOVE IT TO 40 FEET.

BUT DURING THAT TIME, WE ALSO REALIZED WE NEED EXTRA SPACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, DELAY WAS NOT GOOD FOR US BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE MANUFACTURING COSTS HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY GONE UP SINCE THEN.

BUT THEN WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT BY MODIFYING, UH, THE FLOOR FOR US.

ANYONE ELSE? I I HAVE A QUESTION.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER FROM PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS ABOUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU WILL HAVE AT THIS SITE.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AROUND ONE 50 TO ONE 70.

WE PLAN TO HAVE, I THINK AROUND TWO 50, AT LEAST TWO 50.

BUT WE MAY EVEN DO SECOND SHIFT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BRING SOME EXTRA, UH, EMPLOYMENT TO THIS, UH, PLACE.

AND WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING LOTS TO, UH, CONSIDER ALL THAT EXPANSION.

AND IS YOUR, IS YOUR MANUFACTURING UH, ONE SHIFT OR THREE SHIFTS OR RIGHT NIGHT? RIGHT NOW IT'S ONE SHIFT.

ONE SHIFT, YEAH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OCCUR? ALRIGHT.

UM, UH, YOU CAN TAKE A SEAT IF YOU'D LIKE.

WE'LL, WE'LL CARRY ON WITH THE REST OF THE THANK YOU PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, WE, UH, AS, AS MS. PETERS MENTIONED, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE LETTER IN OPPOSITION FROM A NEIGHBORING, UH, BUSINESS.

AND THAT LETTER WAS PROVIDED TO EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO GO OVER BEFORE THE, UH, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT.

UH, BUT, UH, WE'LL NOW OPEN UP FOR, UH, ANY, UH, SPEAKERS WHO MIGHT BE PRESIDENT WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, ZONING FILE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAND AND COME UP.

YES.

AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE MENTION YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SURE.

UH, MY NAME IS STACY NIFFIN.

MY ADDRESS IS 39 21 EDGEWATER COURT IN RICHARDSON.

UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT AND, UH, JUST EXPRESS, UH, SO MY INPUTS AS FAR AS THE, UH, PROPERTY AND THE, AND THE PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES AS WELL AS TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A, A, A CONSIDERABLE HISTORY BEHIND THIS PROJECT, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND, AND WHAT THE OWNER HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH.

UM, LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME.

I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 31 50 RESEARCH, WHICH IS ACROSS THE, UH, UH, THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE.

UM, AND, UH, THAT WAS BUILT OR THAT I, THAT CAME INTO MY POSSESSION IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.

SO SORT OF DURING COVID THAT HAPPENED, WE, WE SLIPPED THERE AND THERE AND BUILT THOSE BUILDINGS.

UM, IT'S IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF 3,200 RESEARCH.

I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF INNOVATIVE SIGNAL ANALYSIS, WHICH EMPLOYS ABOUT A HUNDRED OR A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED, UH, HIGH TECH EMPLOYEES IN THE RICHARDSON, UH, IN CITY OF RICHARDSON, UH, ON RENNER ROAD AND OF A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON AS WELL.

UH, AND ALL I REALLY INTENDED TO DO TONIGHT WAS JUST RESPECTIVELY, UH, COMMUNICATE MY POSITION TO THE, THE DESIGN AS PLANNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

AND THERE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF KEY REASONS AND I HAD, UH, SENT IN SOME, UH, SOME SLIDES TO KIND OF PROVIDE SOME BACKUP OF THIS THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, I THINK, IN YOUR PACKAGE.

UH, BUT COUPLE OF REASONS, BUT THEY BASICALLY, THEY'RE FACTORS THAT ALL RELATE IN SOME WAY TO THE DESIGN AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.

UH, AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE AT 3,200 RESEARCH.

UH, THE FIRST AREA HAS TO DO WITH THE SETBACK BETWEEN THE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THESE SLIDES AVAILABLE, UH, THERE, UH, BUT THE SETBACK, UH, ON THE CURRENT, THE, THE SLIDES YOU PROVIDED, THEY DO, THEY HAVE IN THEIR, THEY DO HAVE A HARD COPY OF THAT.

YES, SIR.

SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE IN THOSE SLIDES, UH, ABOUT THE SETBACK FROM THE FIRE LANE AND SORT OF HOW CLOSE THAT PROXIMITY IS, UH, RELATIVE TO THE FIRE LANE, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING AND SO FORTH.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT FIRE LANE IS THE ONLY ACCESS TO MY PROPERTY AT 31 50 RESEARCH.

UH, THAT'S THE COMMON COMMON LANE RUNNING SOUTH FROM RESEARCH DRIVE.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAPPEN TODAY REGARDING LANDSCAPE SCREENING.

I, I'LL SAY I'VE KIND OF BEEN COMING UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS SINCE, SINCE SATURDAY WHEN I SAW THIS, UH, THIS INFORMATION COME IN.

SO I'M COMING UP

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TO SPEED ON THAT.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY AREAS HAVING TO DO WITH, UH, THE FACT THAT MY, UH, MY BUILDING FACES THE WESTERN LOADING DOCK, BASICALLY STRAIGHT ON THE LOADING DOCK AND THE TRASH COMPACTOR AREA.

MY BUILDING JUST FACES DIRECTLY INTO THAT.

UH, SO HAVING SOME AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE SCREENING AND SO FORTH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL THERE.

UM, AND THEN THE, ANY POTENTIAL HEAVY TRUCK TR TRUCK TRAFFIC, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE, UH, MAYBE THE SMALLER TRUCKS THAT ARE BEING USED IN THAT AREA.

BUT, BUT THE POTENTIAL OF TRUCK TR TRUCK TRAFFIC, UH, USING THE TURNABOUT THERE, THE, THE, UH, UH, UH, THE FIRE LANE AS WELL AS THE SORT OF TURNABOUT WOULD BE AREAS OF CONCERN.

SO THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT MAKE ME CONCERNED ABOUT A POTENTIAL DEGRADATION IN, IN THE MARKET VALUE OF MY PROPERTY AND THEN THE REALLY, UH, LESS UTILITY AND ENJOYMENT FOR MYSELF OR, OR TENANTS THAT I MIGHT HAVE IN THAT PROPERTY.

UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL I CAME TO, TO PROVIDE.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU AND, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THOSE.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KNI? NIFFIN? SNIFFIN NIFFIN? THAT'S RIGHT.

YES.

YES, MR. PURDY.

THANK YOU, KEN.

UM, IS YOUR, UH, BUILDING CURRENTLY OCCUPIED AND WHAT KIND OF TENANTS DO YOU ENVISION KIND OF HAVING A SUBPAR EXPERIENCE WITHOUT THE, UH, LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS? THE, THE, UH, THE BUILDING IS REALLY JUST BEING USED RIGHT NOW FOR STORAGE.

IT'S BEING USED PRIMARILY FOR STORAGE, SOME OF MY PERSONAL BELONGS, BUT ALSO MAINLY FOR STORAGE FROM, UH, UH, MY COMPANY, I S A THERE ON RENTER ROAD, SOME SORT OF SPELL OVER WORK.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER TO PUT SPECIAL LABS IN THERE OR, OR WHATEVER.

SO THERE'S SOME FINISHED SPACE AND SOME UNFINISHED SPACE.

IT HAPPENS THAT THE SPACE ALONG THE EXTERIOR WALL, THE, THE WALL FACING THE WEST SIDE IS, WAS INTENDED TO ALL BE OFFICES THERE AND, AND SORT OF, THAT WAS THE SORT OF PLACE YOU'D BE SITTING IN LOOKING AT AS YOU WORK IN YOUR OFFICE.

SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE LOOKING OUT, UH, INTO, UH, THE, THE, THE LOADING DOCK AREA.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CONCERN THERE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I, I MIGHT ASK, UH, A QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

UM, AS, AS YOU NOW KNOW, UH, THIS, UH, THIS IS THE THIRD YES SIR, UH, PRESENTATION OF THIS AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION AT LEAST WAS BEFORE THE TIME YOU PURCHASED YOUR PROPERTY.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

WERE YOU AWARE OF THE ZONING THAT HAD BEEN VOTED ON PREVIOUSLY? I, I WAS AWARE THAT SOME PROJECT, SOME PROJECT WAS BEING CONSIDERED, BUT I, ESPECIALLY, I THINK DURING THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, COVID WAS HAPPENING, DIFFERENT THINGS, I FELT, UH, MY, THE IMPRESSION I HAD ABOUT IT WAS IT WAS SORT OF, UH, UNCLEAR WHEN IT MIGHT GO FORWARD OR IF IT EVER MIGHT GO FORWARD.

AND, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW I FORMED THAT OPINION, BUT IT WAS JUST THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE HANGING OUT THERE.

OF COURSE, THAT'S THE STATUS OF MANY THINGS THAT RIGHT.

THAT DO GET, UH, AN APPROVAL.

SURE.

BUT SURE, FORTUNATELY, MOST OF 'EM GO, GO FORWARD.

SURE.

UH, BUT THERE WAS DISCLOSURE TO YOU THAT I DON'T THINK AT THE TIME I PURCHASED THE BUILDING OR, OR SET IN MOTION BUILDING.

I MEAN, I, I WORKED WITH, UH, RAYMOND CONSTRUCTION WHO BUILT THE OTHER BUILDING.

WE, WE BUILT THOSE JOINTLY.

I DON'T RECALL BEING BRIEFED ON SPECIFIC PLANS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT, THAT'S ALL A BLUR AT THIS POINT.

I, I COULDN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE.

OH, OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OCCUR? YES, MR. ROBERTS? NOT FOR, UM, UH, THE GENTLEMAN HERE, BUT, UH, DIDN'T THE DISCLOSURE RULES JUST PICK IN THE CHANGES ON THE DIS UM, FOR, UH, MAYBE WE CAN ASK THAT AFTER WE'RE DONE? YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE A STAFF QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, UH, NOW, MR. ROBERTS.

SO DIDN'T THE, WASN'T THERE RECENT CHANGE IN THE DISCLOSURE RULES? UH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF STATE LAW RELATED TO REAL ESTATE? YEAH.

IT'S, IT, IT, OKAY.

YES.

SORRY.

I WAS THINKING IF IT WA YES.

SO THE CHANGE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE THAT WE BROUGHT UP MAYBE ON THE U T D CASE, RIGHT? RIGHT.

THAT HAS TO DO WITH IF A CHANGE IN ZONING, YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE TENANTS IF A CHANGE IN ZONING WOULD MAKE THEM NON-CONFORMING.

IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO TENANT.

UM, SO IN THAT CASE, BECAUSE U T D HAD AN EXISTING BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY AND THEY WERE CHANGING THE ZONING, EVEN THOUGH THE OWNERS OF THAT PROPERTY WERE MAKING APPLICATION, WE HAD TO NOTIFY THE TENANTS IN THAT BUILDING THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE COMING THAT COULD MAKE THEM NON-CONFORMING.

THAT WOULD NOT APPLY HERE.

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AND MR. SINA? UH, YEAH, FOR STAFF, UM, IF, IF THEY WEREN'T DOING THE, THE NATURAL RAW MATERIAL MANUFACTURING AND THEY WEREN'T DOING THE HEIGHT, THEY COULD BUILD THIS PLAN REGARDLESS OF WHERE THOSE, UM, GARAGE DOOR OR OVERHEAD DOORS FACED, THEY WOULD BE TOTALLY WITHIN THEIR RIGHT.

THEY WOULD, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN BE IN FRONT OF THIS BODY.

THEY WOULD JUST BE BUILDING IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THERE WOULD BE NO INPUT FROM ANYBODY.

THE SITE PLAN WOULD COME TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WE WOULD REVIEW THAT AS STAFF ADMINISTRATIVELY AGAINST OUR, OUR ZONING CODE, WHICH THEY MEET, THEY WOULD MEET.

UM, OTHER THAN THOSE FEW EXCEPTIONS.

OH, THANKS FOR MAKING THAT CLEAR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANTING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION? SEEING NO ONE THERE, THEN I'LL, UH, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MR. UH, MR. VICE CHAIRMAN, YOU MAY WANT TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY'D LIKE TO COME BACK UP AND OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SAY ANYTHING YOU, IF IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, MAYBE I CAN ONE LITTLE THING THERE.

THIS IS YOUR BEST CHANCE .

IT'S NOT CONSIDERED HEAVY MANUFACTURING.

YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, FOR SOME REASON RICHARDSON CALLS IT HEAVY MANUFACTURING WITHIN MOST OF THE CITIES.

AND I DID BRING IT UP AND THEY SAY IT IS WHAT IT IS.

AND WE TOTALLY AGREE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT FACT.

AND EVEN IF IT IS HEAVY INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT FROM REST OF THE, I MEAN, WE HAVE LISTED ALL THE RAW MATERIALS WE USE, WE HAVE LISTED ALL THE RAW MATERIALS WE DON'T USE.

THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE PROBLEMATIC.

SO I HONESTLY THINK, UH, US COMING TO CITY OF RICHARDSON WILL BE A POSITIVE FOR RICHARDSON.

AND SO WOULD BE FOR US.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE RICHARDSON'S, ESPECIALLY WE ARE A VERY, WE ARE KNOWN FOR RESEARCH AND HAVING AN ADDRESS 3,200 RESEARCH DRIVE THAT THAT'S THE BEST THING WOULD HAPPEN TO US .

SO THAT IS A, A HAPPY COINCIDENCE, I THINK.

I MEAN IT WAS, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

SO, BUT THANK YOU.

I I HONESTLY HOPE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING WILL BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE ARE JUST READY TO GET ROLLING AND START MANUFACTURING SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UM, WOULD STAFF HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THAT? UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD COMMENT IS THAT HE, HE'S CORRECT.

IT'S, IT, OUR DEFINITION, WHICH WAS ADDED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN 2008, UM, TOOK WHAT WAS JUST AT THE TIME MANUFACTURING.

AND IT WAS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT AND BROKE IT OUT INTO THREE SEPARATE, UH, DISTINCT CATEGORIES.

RE MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING HIGH TECH, WHICH IS ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL AND MAYBE SOME TECHNICAL OFFICE MANUFACTURING IS LIMITED TO INDUSTRIAL AND THEN HEAVY.

AND I BELIEVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY, BUT THERE WAS SOME BUSINESSES AT THAT TIME WHERE I THINK IT WAS THEY WERE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF THEY CAME IN, THEY HAD SOME ZONING OVERSIGHT.

UH, BUT YEAH, IT PROCESS, IT, IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS IF YOU'RE PROCESSING RAW GOODS OR MATERIALS, SO IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM, UH, FROM HIS BUSINESS TO, YOU KNOW, AN, UH, AN ANIMAL PROCESSING PLANT WOULD ALL FALL WITHIN THAT SAME DEFINITION.

SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY WIDE RANGE OF WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A RAW MATERIAL.

SO IT WAS JUST A BROAD DEFINITION THAT YOU BARELY MADE IT INTO IT SOUNDS LIKE, BUT THAT'S, UH, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A REAL BONE OF CONTENTION HERE.

UH, NO.

IN TERMS OF, I MEAN, THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE THEIR, THEIR GUIDELINES AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, FOR THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN 2019 AND THEN AGAIN IN 20 20, 20 21.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I'M SORRY, SIR.

ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? NO, THIS IS IT.

UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME.

UH, WE ARE OKAY.

I, I THINK, UH, I THINK YOU'VE SATISFIED THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NOW I THINK IF, IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, I THINK WE CAN, UH, CALL FOR, UH, A MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I HAVE A, A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND A SECOND.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION? SHOULDN'T BE, SO HOW ABOUT A VOTE? WELL, I, WE'LL MAKE A MOTION.

YOU HAVE DISCUSSION? NO, I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION.

OH, LET'S VOTE ON THE CLOSING.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YEAH, I MISSED THAT.

SO LET'S, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE HEARING.

ALRIGHT, NOW, NOW I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

AND, UH, APPARENTLY NO OPPOSED.

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NOW ANY, UH, ANY DISCUSSION OR, UH, COMMENTS BEFORE A MOTION? OKAY.

SO, MS. WALWORTH , THANK YOU.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ZONING FILE 2312 AS PRESENTED.

ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER WALRAVEN, BEFORE WE, UH, DO THAT, IF, UH, IF I COULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD, UH, IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO, UH, AS PRESENTED WITH THE MODIFICATION TO, UH, CONDITION ONE F AS AS PRESENTED AS PRESENTED WITH THE MODIFICATION TO CONDITION ONE F AS PRESENTED.

DID I GET THERE? CLOSE ENOUGH? CLOSE ENOUGH.

OKAY, .

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A, AN APPROPRIATE MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

UH, OKAY.

UH, LET'S LET, I'LL SECOND MS. BAEK.

UM, WE HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND, UM, NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

I THINK WE CAN HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, APPROVING ZONING FILE 2312.

PLEASE SIGNIFY RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AND, UH, UH, WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE, UH, COMMISSION WILL DECLARE IT CLOSED.