[006 Conduct a public hearing and consider and act upon an ordinance amending the City of Midlothian Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map, as amended, by amending the regulations relating to the development and use of Lot 1, Block 1, McCowan Addition, located in PD149 by authorizing use of such property for Plastics and Rubber Product Manufacturing upon approval of a Specific Use Permit authorizing said property to be developed and used for Plastics and Rubber Product Manufacturing. The property is commonly known as 4521 N. US Highway 67. (Case No. Z33-2024-138) ]

AYE. >> AYE.

>> ANY OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO PUBLIC HEARINGS. 006, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, MCALLEN ADDITION, LOCATED IN PD-149 BY AUTHORIZING USE OF SUCH A PROPERTY FOR PLASTIC AND RUBBER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING UPON APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AUTHORIZING SAID PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED AND USED FOR PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. THE PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 4521 NORTH U.S. 67.

>> OKAY. COMMISSIONER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO PD-149 TO ALLOW PLASTICS AND RUBBER MANUFACTURING ON LOT 1, BLOCK 1. IT'S 12 ACRES. IT DOES NOT ALLOW OUTSIDE STORAGE. IT'S ALREADY EXISTING, SO THE BUILDING IS THERE, AND I'LL JUST MAKE THIS BRIEF. SO THE FIRST PHASE, THEY ONLY BE USING A PORTION OF THE BUILDING THAT WENT INTO GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE LOT SO THAT THEY COULD EXPAND TO THE REST OF THE BUILDING EVENTUALLY. IT USES DOMESTIC WATER TO EXPAND AND FORM PRE-MANUFACTURED PLASTIC AND RUBBER PELLETS, AND IT PRODUCES NEGLIGIBLE, IF ANY, BYPRODUCTS, SUCH AS STEAM EXHAUST, ODOR. AND WE INCLUDED LANGUAGE IN THE PD ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THE AIR-QUALITY. SO THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WE DID SEND LETTERS OUT TO ALL THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK. SO STAFF

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IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. >> QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?

>> THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE MAKING, ARE THEY FLAMMABLE?

>> SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE NOT. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT MANUFACTURING THE PLASTIC ON-SITE. IT'S PRE-MANUFACTURED, AND THEY'RE BRINGING IT IN TUBES AND THEN CUTTING THE TUBES AND FORMING THEM. SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROCESS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ASK THE APPLICANT.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. >> I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET THE

APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT. >> THE APPLICANT'S COMING UP.

JUST SO IT'S CLEAR, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO THINGS HAPPENING WITH THIS ORDINANCE. ONE IS, WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING THE USE TO BE ALLOWED WITH AN SUB TO THE ORDINANCE, BECAUSE PRESENTLY IT WILL BE PROHIBITED IN LI DISTRICTS, SO WE'RE ALLOWING IT. AND THEN CONCURRENTLY, WE'RE ALSO APPROVING THE SU P WITH THE CONDITIONS. SUGGEST, JUST SO

YOU'RE AWARE. >> ALL RIGHT -- AND WHETHER OR

NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY. >> MY NAME IS HUNTLEY LEWIS.

I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, BUT I DO REPRESENT THE

OWNER OF -- >> GO AHEAD.

>> THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE ARE, THERE ARE PLASTICS, WHICH IS FLAMMABLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MACHINES CREATING THEM, AND ANY STORAGE RACKS OR ANYTHING WILL NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, HANDLED AND STORED IN A WAY THAT MEETS THE FIRE CODE. AND THAT WILL ALL BE REVIEWED AND MADE SURE WE DO IT THE RIGHT WAY DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS.

SO, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS BEFORE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS THE FULL BUILDOUT WITH THE CITY OFFICIALS.

>> DO YOU KNOW IF THE BUILDING CURRENTLY HAS A SPRINKLER

SYSTEM? >> IT DOES, YES.

>> AND IS THERE ADDITIONAL FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS IN PLACE?

>> IT'S JUST A, IT'S AN EMPTY BOX RIGHT NOW. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THESE, I DON'T THINK QUALIFIED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FIRE SUPPRESSION, BUT THAT WILL ALL HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONFIRMED WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LAY STUFF OUT IN THESE STORAGE AREAS. BUT WE WILL COME UP WE WILL HANDLE IT APPROPRIATELY.

>> I'M SURE -- THE PROCESS. >> YES, SIR. THAT'S PART OF THE NORMAL BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. ANY USE THAT REQUIRES IN AND ABOVE OR ABOVE FIRE CODE WILL BE MET, OR THEY WON'T GET

TO SEE THEM, SO. >> SO A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. COULD YOU, OR THE COMMISSION, GIVE US JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT IT INVOLVES, AND WHAT

YOU WILL DO? >> YES. SO THIS IS FOR ONE OF THE TENANTS, AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FRENCH STRAINING SYSTEMS, IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER. AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE SHIPPED KIND OF SOME PERFORATED PLASTIC PIPE, AND THEN THEY ALSO SHIP KIND OF THESE TINY PELLETS THAT THEY RUN THROUGH A MACHINE THAT EXPOSES THEM TO STEAM, AND THAT STEAM EXPANDS THE PELLETS, AND THEN THEY KIND OF PUT THE PELLETS AROUND THE PERFORATED PIPE WITH A MESH, AND THAT KIND OF ACTS AS A FILTER FOR THE FRENCH DRAIN SYSTEM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THEY'RE KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF AN ASSEMBLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK WITH STAFF, WE JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE, DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THE

CITY'S OKAY WITH IT, SO. >> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE

APPLICANT? >> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. SO YOU ARE, HE'LL BE RECEIVING MANUFACTURED

PELLETS? >> YES.

>> AND ALL THOSE PELLETS WILL BE STORED IN THE SIDE.

>> YES. >> ARE THEY IN BULK CONTAINERS

ON PALLETS? >> NO, THEY'RE IN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KIND OF THINK OF A, THEY'RE LIKE, LIKE A BREWERY TYPE THING, IT'S LIKE THAT KIND OF THING.

>> SO WILL THEY BE, WELL, WEALTHY, WHAT ARE THEY, THEY'RE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A GRAIN.

>> IT'S LIKE A HOPPER. >> WILL THOSE GET FILLED ON-SITE ? DO THEY GET FILLED FROM INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, DO THEY GET FILLED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING? ARE THE HOPPERS INSIDE THE BUILDING?

>> EVERYTHING'S INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND I THINK, YES, THEY WILL BE FILLED FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEIR PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT EVERYTHING'S HAPPENING

INSIDE THE BUILDING. >> OKAY. SO THERE'S NO, NO RECYCLED MATERIALS COMING, AND THEY'RE NOT CREATING PLASTIC

-- >> KNOW IT'S --

>> JUST USING THE MANUFACTURED PLASTIC, PREMADE PELLETS TO PUT

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TOGETHER THEIR FRENCH STRAINING SYSTEMS.

>> YES. AND FROM, I, I SENT A VIDEO TO STAFF WHICH, YOU KNOW, SHE'S WELCOME TO SHARE, BUT IT SEEMS PRETTY EFFICIENT, JUST OF ALL THE MATERIALS THEY'RE USING.

>> OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, THANK YOU,

SIR. >> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? DON'T HAVE ANY FORMS, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO SPEAK? I'LL MAKE A CASE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC

HEARING? ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >>

>> AYE. >> N/A OPPOSED LIKE IT CLOSED.

-- DISCUSSION OR ACTION. >>

] >> DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> MAKE A MOTION TO -- >> WE HAVE A MOGEN AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR

[007 The request is to conduct a public hearing to consider and act upon an ordinance amending the Development Site Plan and related regulations of Planned Development-57 (PD-57) for an addition to the existing building, being ±.158 acres of Lot 1, Block 28, Original Town, City of Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas., commonly known as 403 W Main St. (Case No. Z32-2024-133).]

QUESTIONS? NOW, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

>> AYE. >> AND EO OPPOSED? IT IS UNANIMOUS. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 007. TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN AND RELATED REGULATIONS OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT-57 FOR AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, BEING PLUS OR -.158 ACRES OF LOT 1, BLOCK 28, ORIGINAL TOWN, CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 403

WEST MAIN. >> GOOD EVENING. SO FOR THIS REQUEST, THIS IS FOR I.V. PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT HERE DOWNTOWN. SOME, SOME YEARS AGO, THEY DID GET A, APD APPROVED FOR THEIR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO BUSINESS, AND IN THIS REQUEST, THEY'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE PD. BUSINESS IS GOOD, THEY NEED TO DO A PHYSICAL EXPANSION, SO USE IS NOT CHANGING. STILL DOING THE SAME USE, SAME BUSINESS. WHAT THEY NEED IS MORE ROOM FOR SOME STORAGE AND STUDIO SPACE INSIDE. SO THEY ASKED US TO DO AN ADMISSION.

THIS HERE IN THE FRONT IS THEN KIND OF PHOTOSHOPPING IN PART OF THEIR ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATION TO THEIR EXISTING BUILDING TO TRY TO GET SOME SENSE OF HOW MUCH MORE WOULD BE ADDED. AND THE , AND THIS IS AN ORIGINAL TOWN MODULE, SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, ZONING WISE, USE WISE, THIS IS ALL PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. AND THIS GIVES YOU THE OVERVIEW. THIS IS THE OVERVIEW, AGAIN, IF ANYONE WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION.

THESE WERE THE ARCHITECTURAL PLANS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GENERALLY ARE -- ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING.

THEY'RE NOT CREATING SOME NEW VERNACULAR OR CHANGE IN STYLE.

IT'S IN ADDITION AND KEEPING WITH THE ARCHITECTURE. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT LARGER VERSION OF THE, OF, OF THE STRUCTURE, WITH THE ADDITION. THIS, USING FROM THEIR SITE PLAN, AND, SORRY, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A WAY TO -- OH, THERE WE GO. YOU CAN HOLD THE MOUSE CURSOR. SO THE BLUE HERE APPROXIMATES THE LOCATION OF ADDITION, OF THE ADDITION. I INCORRECTLY HAD THE SETBACKS -- IN THE REPORT ON THE ORDINANCE, I PUT THEM IN AT EIGHT FEET, AND THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO BE AT SEVEN FEET. AND THE SIDE HERE, SIX FEET TO THE NORTH. ALSO OF NOTE THAT HE WAS A 20 FOOT ALLEY, AND, AND IVEY PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIOS -- OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. SO JUST, IF YOU HAD A CONCERN ABOUT SETBACKS, JUST DO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ALLEY HERE THAT'S 20 FEET, AND TO THE NORTH, THEY OWNED THAT PROPERTY. THE OTHER THING IS, AS A COMPARISON, AND WAS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, DEPENDING ON WHICH ZONING DISTRICT YOU MIGHT COMPARE TO THAT MIGHT BE THOUGHT OF AS MORE AKIN TO ORIGINAL TOWN, WE WILL HAVE SETBACKS AT ZERO AND FIVE FEET FOR SIDE AND REAR. SO THERE HAS TO BE -- SIX AND SEVEN. SO STAFF DIDN'T TAKE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT REQUEST. AND WITH THAT, OH. WITH THAT,