Mar 20, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission

[I. Call to Order]

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GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS 705. MY NAME IS PATRICIA FUQUA LOVETT. I AM THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR PLANNING AND ZONING HERE. ACTING CHAIR. DIRECTOR. SMITH. MAY WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER PRESLEY. COMMISSIONER JOEL PRESLEY.

COMMISSIONER MELANIE STILES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. FIELDS. MARK. FIELDS. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER MILLER. HERE. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. ANDERSON. PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER JOSEPH. FIELDS. HERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WAYNE WATSON. INTERIM CHAIR. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. MAY WE PAUSE NOW FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE? THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE STAND. I 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. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, MAY WE HAVE AN

[V. Approval of February 2025 PZC Minutes]

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN MOTION AND SECOND. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I. A

[VI. Adoption of Agenda]

SECOND. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOTION. AND SECOND, THAT THE MINUTE THAT THE AGENDA BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED, ALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOVING ITEM NUMBER TWO UP TO NUMBER ONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD. I. I OPPOSES. HEARING NONE. THE MOTION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. THANK YOU. SO NOW WILL WE PAUSE AND HAVE THE ELECTION? IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW OR GO DIRECTLY INTO IT? ENABLING US? OKAY. THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE THE HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME. RIGHT. NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU.

[VIII. Public Hearing]

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RELATIONSHIP. PRESIDING OFFICER. OVER PROPOSED ZONING. COMMISSION. AT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CENTER FOR URBAN. FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, OR THE ACT, IS CONSIDERED FIRST. BY THE SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL. AND THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED. FROM THE CITY OF. THE COMMISSION WHO MADE BE PROVIDED THAT EACH SIDE. AT THE SAME TIME. IF THERE IS NO PRESIDING OFFICER, THE PUBLIC. PORTION OF PUBLIC POLICY DOES NOT APPEAR TO MOVE FORWARD AND IDENTIFY HIMSELF OR HERSELF, AND TO MAKE HIS OR HER CURRENT ADDRESS. WE SEE THAT THERE ARE CONSERVATION. AND SHALL RETURN TO ALL PARTS OF THE COMMISSION, SHALL REFRAIN FROM ANY PERSONAL TAX. OF SPEAKERS. THE PRESIDING OFFICER, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. ARE WE READY FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO? WHICH IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? OKAY. ATTORNEY WIGGINS, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM? YES, BUT I THOUGHT STAFF WOULD READ THE CASE NUMBER. IF THE CASE NUMBER AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE INTRODUCED. FOR THE RECORD, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR. AND THEN

[IX.2. P2025V-002-02]

ITEM NUMBER SIX IN THE R-1, A ZONING DISTRICT CASE TYPE IS A VARIANCE. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE HEARD THE READING FOR THE DESCRIPTION OF ITEM NUMBER TWO. WHAT DO I HEAR? MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. THANK YOU. WE HAVE HAD A MOTION. AND A SECOND.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I A. OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM NUMBER P2025V-002-2. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK

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THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED HERE. IS THERE ANYONE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT? ANYONE IN FAVOR? IS THERE ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? ANYONE IN OPPOSITION? COMMISSIONERS.

QUESTIONS. IN EMOTION. MOTION TO CLOSE THE CLOSE OF PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I. I OPPOSES. HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COMMISSIONERS, WHAT DO I HEAR FROM ANYONE WITH QUESTIONS? LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF REPORT. I CAN TURN IT OFF IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER P2025V00202. THE APPLICANT TANISHA PROPERTY TANISHA GORDON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2882 SIMS STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION TEN DASH 2090 4.1 DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES. ITEM NUMBER SIX. IN THE R-1, A ZONING DISTRICT, THE CASE TYPE IS A VARIANCE. STAFF DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE IN REFERENCE TO THAT SECTION OF THE CODE. PURSUANT TO IT MEETING THE CRITERIA, POINTS OF THE VARIANCE. BEING A. BEING A, A, A SMALLER LOT, AND THE FACT THAT THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE 19 IN 1925. SO IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AND STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? YES, COMMISSIONER. MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU VOTE, MADAM CHAIR, LET ME JUST REMIND YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS A VARIANCE. YOU GUYS ARE THE FINAL ARBITER. AND SO IF THIS MOTION PASSES, THEN IT WILL NOT GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY

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[IX.1. P2025RZ-001-02]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. MADAM CHAIR. YES. MOTION TO OPEN THE HEARING. THANK YOU. I SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE NUMBER P2025RZ-00102. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I. I OPPOSES HERE AND NOW. HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT OPEN FOR P22025 RC DASH 001. DASH ZERO TWO. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? PLEASE COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI. MY NAME IS COPPER TERRY AND THE ADDRESS IS 2257D DRIVE, EAST POINT, GEORGIA. THANK YOU. YOU MAY PRESENT YOUR CASE. OKAY, SO IT'S ACTUALLY FOR A REZONING. I THINK SHE MISSPOKE WHEN SHE SAID VARIANCE, BUT I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. SHE MISSPOKE WHEN SHE SAID. SHE SAID IT WAS FOR A VARIANCE WHEN SHE INITIALLY CALLED IT OUT. BUT IT'S FOR A REZONING FROM AN R1 SINGLE FAMILY TO AN R3 MULTIFAMILY. SO THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT I WAS SENT FROM YOU ALL. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT ELISE YUAN, SHE IS THE PREVIOUS OWNER. SO THE CURRENT OWNER IS MY CLIENT, THE ONE THAT I'M WORKING FOR. SO I FIRST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT CHANGED HANDS BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024. SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S NOT UPDATED YET. SO MISS YUAN, THOUGH SHE RECEIVED PERMITS TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2022, I GUESS WHEN SHE INITIALLY BOUGHT IT, I THINK SHE INITIALLY BOUGHT IT IN 2021. SO IT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH AND IT HAS SINCE BEEN REMODELED TO A SIX BEDROOM, SIX BATH ESSENTIALLY. BUT IT'S THREE DIFFERENT SIDES. THE FRONT IS WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU. WHEN YOU GO INTO THAT FRONT DOOR AND GO UPSTAIRS. THERE ARE THREE BEDROOMS, THREE BATHS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM. AND THAT MASTER BEDROOM HAS A KITCHENETTE SLASH WET BAR TYPE SITUATION. AND THEN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE YOU SEE THAT WHITE CAR PARKED. THERE'S A LITTLE WALKWAY THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE YOU CAN GO IN, WHICH USED TO BE THE GARAGE, AND IT'S A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH. IT'S LISTED ON THE PLANS AS AN OFFICE, AND I GUESS TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN OFFICE BECAUSE THERE IS NO CLOSET. SO IT IS AN OFFICE, BUT IT IS BEING UTILIZED AS A BEDROOM RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE YOU SEE THIS LITTLE WHITE FENCE SITUATION, YOU WALK UNDER THERE AND BEAR TO THE LEFT. IN THE BACK THERE IS A DOOR THAT LEADS TO A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH. SO THERE'S THREE STANDALONE UNITS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD FUNCTION BY ITSELF. NOW ALL OF THESE UNITS MEET IN ONE PLACE, AND THAT IS A WASHROOM THAT IS DOWNSTAIRS. SO EACH DOOR FROM EACH UNIT LEADS TO THAT WASHROOM. AND SO YEAH. SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT MY CLIENT WOULD, WOULD LIKE DONE FOR IT TO BE A MULTIFAMILY. ALSO, THERE WERE SOME

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YEAH, IT WAS A YOU SENT IT TO ME TO SHOW ME WHERE THE WHAT THE PERMITS ACTUALLY WERE. MR. KELLY, THE FILE THAT SAYS FINAL COMBINED WOULD HAVE THE FLOOR PLANS AND THE PLANS ATTACHED AT THE BACK OF THE STAFF REPORT. SO. SO. SO THIS WHAT YOU CAN DO ONE THE FIRST ONE AND THEN THAT MEAN THE PREVIOUS OR THE, THE ONE THAT SHE THAT SHE WAS RIGHT. THAT ONE THAT WAS SHE WAS PERMITTED FOR. SO THAT'S THE LOWER WAS THE OTHER PART, THE TOP. OH OKAY. I SEE THE FIRST.

OKAY. SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE FLOOR PLAN THAT I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE. THAT WAS PERMITTED.

AND THE HOME IS EXACTLY AS THESE PLANS ARE BEFORE ME. LIKE I SAID, THAT BOTTOM UNIT THAT'S ON THE SIDE RIGHT HERE THAT LISTS AN OFFICE. IT DOES NOT HAVE A CLOSET. SO TECHNICALLY I GUESS IT IS AN OFFICE, BUT IT IS BEING UTILIZED AS A BEDROOM RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S THAT'S YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THEY WERE PERMITTED FOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF REZONING THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT OF. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN SUPPORT OF. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN OPPOSITION TO REZONING? YOU MAY COME FORWARD. AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JOSE VILLALBA. I'M A NEIGHBOR. SPELL IT PLEASE. DO YOU MIND SPELLING IT MY NAME? JOSE. JOSE VILLALBA, VILLA SAN VICTOR I L L A. L B AS IN BOY A THANK YOU I MY ADDRESS IS 20 2241 DILLO DRIVE. I'M LIVING ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. MY FAMILY IS LIVING THERE WITH ME, MY WIFE, MY SON, MY STEPSON. WE ARE LIVING THERE. AND I RECEIVED THIS NOTIFICATION. DAYS AGO. AND MY WIFE AND ME WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. SITUATION. AND MY QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY? ALWAYS? I'M THINKING OF THE BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT THINKING ON MY FAMILY BECAUSE IF I'M THINKING JUST ON MY FAMILY, I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU ALLOW ME TO HAVE A STORE IN MY PROPERTY TO SELL, I DON'T KNOW, PRODUCTS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? AND WE KNOW THAT FOR EVERYTHING, THERE'S. A SPACE AND EVERYTHING IS DISSEMINATED FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE CITY, FOR THE FOR THE AUTHORITY. RIGHT. MONTHS AGO.

I'M THINKING THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN. WORKING LIKE, EXACTLY LIKE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S

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EVERY DAY WHEN I GO TO WORK. I SEE THE SITUATION IN THIS CITY IN ATLANTA. AND I SEE THIS IS NOT EASY. THERE'S A LOT OF, I DON'T KNOW, FRUSTRATION, DRUGS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M THINKING COULD BE GOOD IF WE DO SOMETHING TO HELP THAT PEOPLE. RIGHT. AND IF WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M THINKING WE HAVE TO PUT OUR EFFORT TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNITIES, TO HAVE BETTER EDUCATION FOR. THE PEOPLE THAT IS LIVING CLOSE TO US. RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING ON THIS WAS THE REASON TO HAVE A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN A PLACE WHERE THERE'S A FAMILIES AND A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WHERE A FAMILIES ARE LIVING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN RECEIVE ONE DAY, ONE PERSON, AND THE NEXT WEEK ANOTHER PERSON, THE NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER PERSON, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHO IS LIVING CLOSE TO US, RIGHT. AND I'M THINKING WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE IS LIVING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO, TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND IF. IF, IN MY OPINION, THE. IF, IF THE GOAL IS THE BUSINESS, I THINK THAT'S NOT THE PLACE TO MAKE A BUSINESS. AND I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IT THAT I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING? YOU MAY COME FORWARD, PLEASE. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DEVIN HARRIS. MY ADDRESS IS 2243 RIDGECREST LANE, EAST POINT. THANK YOU. SO OUR CONCERNS IS THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, POTENTIAL VIOLENCE. AND AS JOSE MENTIONED, NOT KNOWING WHO IS IN THE RESIDENCE IN PARTICULAR THERE ON RIDGECREST, WE HAVE A PROPERTY SIMILAR ZONING OR CLASSIFICATION AND SOME OF THE CURRENT ISSUES THAT WE HAVE ARE, LIKE I SAID, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC WITH THE UBER EATS, THE RIDE SHARE SERVICES, PEOPLE CONSTANTLY PULLING IN AND TURNING AROUND IN OUR DRIVEWAYS. THAT PROPERTY. I WON'T FOCUS ON THAT PROPERTY TOO MUCH, BUT THE INCREASED PARKING, ESSENTIALLY, THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING. AND SO EVEN THIS MORNING THERE WAS A CAR PARKED, YOU KNOW, HALFWAY BLOCKING MY NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY. AND SO IN THE LIVING, THE, YOU KNOW, LIVING AND BREATHING IN AND OUT OF IT, IT'S HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES, TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, OF KEEPING THE TENANTS, YOU KNOW. IN LINE. ALSO

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THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS R-1, AND YOU SEE THE ZONING MAP HERE. IT'S R-1, WHICH IS OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT. IF YOU SEE THE ZONING MAP ON THE SCREEN, IT'S SHOWING THAT IT'S SURROUNDED COMPLETELY BY R-1 SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SEEING THAT IN REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. IT'S. TRADITIONAL

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THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES FOR JUST A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOES INCLUDE R-1, RL, R1, R2, R2, AND R3, AND THE FUTURE PLANS FOR THIS AREA IS TO IMPROVE THE HOUSING CONDITIONS, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VACANT HOMES AND LOTS, AND TO REVITALIZE AND REDEVELOP THE AREA BY PRESERVING WHAT'S ALREADY THERE AND MAINTAINING ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL NODES THAT ARE IN THE AREA, WHILE RENEWING FINANCIAL INVESTMENT AND ENCOURAGING NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE. ALTHOUGH OUR THREE IS LISTED AS A TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICT IN THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, LAND USE CATEGORY, THE USE AND SCALE FOR THIS AREA IS LIMITED TO MULTIFAMILY. AS FAR AS DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND QUADPLEXES, AND WHERE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES THAT THIS THOSE USES WOULD BE SUPPORTED IS WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY EXISTING OR AT CROSSROADS, MEANING ON CORNERS WITHIN THIS AREA, THE PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR REZONING THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED ON A CORNER, AND IT'S NOT EXISTING. THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. IT WENT THROUGH A RENOVATION IN 2022 AS A SINGLE FAMILY RENOVATION. AND THAT IS WHY THOSE PLANS WERE APPROVED AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE APPROVED, WHEN IT WENT UNDER, WHEN IT UNDERWENT A RENOVATION, IT WAS SUBMITTED AS SINGLE FAMILY. AT NO POINT WAS IT EVER PROPOSED TO BE A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SHARED AND UNDERSTOOD. IN REFERENCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. TRADITIONAL URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS. WE'VE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS. SOME OF THE PHONE CALLS DEALT WITH CITIZENS BEING CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY BEING AN ILLEGAL BOARDING HOUSE. ANOTHER CONCERN WAS ABOUT IF THIS IS APPROVED TO BE REZONED FROM R1 TO R3, THAT IT WOULD SET A PRECEDENT IN THE AREA FOR MULTI-FAMILY TO START HAPPENING ALL OVER THE AREA, WHICH, AS WE SAW IN THE ZONING MAP, IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO SETTING A PRECEDENT IF THIS WAS APPROVED FOR MULTI-FAMILY WOULD BE OUT OF CHARACTER. WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY NATURE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE DID WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE WERE VIOLATIONS FOR THIS HOME IN 2022 FOR A BOARDING HOME WHERE THEY FOUND THAT SEVEN PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THIS SPACE. SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION PRIOR TO STATING OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND DENIAL. WE ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THIS REZONING FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R3 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THE R3 IS LISTED AS A TYPICAL ZONING DISTRICT OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, TRADITIONAL URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, THE USE AND SCALE FOR THIS AREA IS LIMITED TO MULTI-FAMILY. AT CROSSROADS AND WHERE EXISTING, AND SO AGAIN, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND DENIAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. YOU HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF. WHAT DO I HEAR IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER P2025RZ-001. DASH ZERO TWO. MADAM CHAIR, IN REFERENCE TO PRESENT APPLICATION, I RECOMMEND THAT I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE. AGREE AND DENY THIS APPLICATION ACCORDING TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DIRECTOR. SECOND, THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD. I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. THE CASE IS NOW BEEN DENIED. THAT IS CASE NUMBER P2025001. DASH ZERO TWO. THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. THIS CASE WILL

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[IX.3. P2025V-001-02]

YOU CAN GO DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE. THIS ONE IS JUST SHOWING THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF US BEING OUR REQUEST, BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT SETBACKS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW. SO A LOT OF THE FRONTAGE IS ON, A LOT OF THE LOTS ARE UNDER 35 ON THE FRONT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 OR 12 OR SO ON THE SIDE AND THE REAR. SETBACKS VARY QUITE A BIT AS WELL AS THE LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE IS VARY QUITE A BIT AS

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IN REFERENCE TO APPLICATION PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3490 AND 3480 WASHINGTON ROAD. CASE NUMBER 2025V-00102. THE APPLICANT BRIDGE HODGE REALTY INVESTMENT COMPANY AND NEIL BRIDGES. THE CURRENT PROPERTY IS ZONED RL, WHICH IS OUR RESIDENTIAL LIMITED ZONING DISTRICT, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE RL RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT IN REFERENCE TO THE MINIMUM SETBACKS. THE FRONT SETBACK IS CURRENTLY 45FT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TEN FOOT REDUCTION TO 35FT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MINIMUM SITE SETBACK. THE CURRENT STANDARD IS 15FT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SEVEN FOOT REDUCTION DOWN TO EIGHT FEET, IN REFERENCE TO THE REAR YARD SETBACK. THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE RL ZONING DISTRICT IS 40FT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TEN FOOT REDUCTION DOWN TO 30FT IN REFERENCE TO THE LOT AREA. THE MINIMUM LOT AREA FOR EACH LOT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CURRENT STANDARDS OF RL TO BE 18,000FT■, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 6000FT IN AREA SQUARE FEET IN AREA REDUCTION DOWN TO 12,000FT■!S. AND LASTLY, IN REFERENCE TO THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH AND FRONTAGE OR WIDTH AT THE BUILDING LINE OF EACH LOT, THE RL RESIDENTIAL LIMITED DEVELOPMENT STANDARD IS 100FT AT THE BUILDING WIDTH LINE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 30 FOOT REDUCTION DOWN TO 70FT, AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE IT SHOWS THE LOT. IT SHOWS THAT IT IS THE RESIDENTIAL LIMITED. THIS SLIDE ALSO DEPICTS A DENIED CASE THAT CAME BEFORE THIS BODY FOR RECOMMENDATION AS A REZONING UNDER CASE NUMBER 2023.001.02, WITH A CONCURRENT VARIANCE OF 2023, VC DASH 002, DASH ZERO SEVEN. AT THAT TIME, THE

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THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. WITH THAT IN MIND ALL THOSE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY ON CASE NUMBER 2025V-00102. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS THE FINAL. YOU GUYS ARE THE FINAL ARBITER ON THAT. THAT VARIANCE WILL NOT GO TO CITY COUNCIL. DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WILL NOT GO BEFORE COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD COMMISSIONER PRESLEY HAS COME IN. SO MADAM DIRECTOR DO YOU MIND? CALLING THE ROLL? WELL, WE WILL JUST NOTE THAT HE'S PRESENT. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE MADE NOTE. THANK YOU. YES. WE'LL NOTE THAT YOU'RE PRESENT, COMMISSIONER. SO WE JUST MOVED

[IX.4. City Initiated Text Amendment]

TO THIS CASE AND THIS ITEM, WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THE SECTION OF THE CODE, AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN.

NUMBER ONE, THE INTENT OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO ALLOW FOR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL USES IN THE CITY TO BE PREVALENT, WHERE THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ZONING CLASSIFICATION WITHIN THE CITY.

THERE WAS A MORATORIUM PUT IN PLACE IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR ON ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL, INSTITUTIONAL ZONING APPLICATION. AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO REVISE OUR ORDINANCE TO SUPPORT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL LAND USES IN THE CITY. AND WHAT WE DID WITH THE PERMITTED USES IS WE HAVE PROPOSED TO REMOVE ALL PERMITTED USES EXCEPT FOR THE USE OF. HOSPITAL. I'M GOING

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CHIROPRACTIC. DENTAL. MEDICAL. OPTICAL. DENTAL. AND ANY REALLY ANY SIMILAR TYPE OF FACILITIES FOR HUMANS. ALL OTHER TYPES OF USES HAVE BEEN DELETED AND PLACED UNDER VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CLOSE OF THE ORDINANCE. MOST OF THE USES WERE PLACED IN USE PERMIT WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL. MOST OF THOSE USES WERE DELETED AND THEN PLACED IN USE PERMIT UNDER THE USE PERMIT CATEGORY, A HANDFUL OF THE USES THAT WERE USES THAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL USES AS A PERMITTED USES WERE PLACED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE. SOME OF THE USES THAT WERE ALREADY LISTED UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT, SOME OF THEM WERE DELETED, AND SOME OF THEM WERE LEFT IN PLACE.

THE ONES THAT WERE DELETED WERE USES THAT DID NOT HAVE A PREVALENT USE TO SUPPORT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL. THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL USE, THE USES THAT WERE ADDED TO ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WERE USES THAT ARE AUXILIARY TO HOSPITALS SUCH AS PHARMACIES, CAFES, CAFETERIAS, AS THE ESTHETICIAN SERVICES, PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES, AND GIFT SHOPS. SO. SO THOSE WERE THE USES THAT WERE ADDED AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT, WHERE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, NOR GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, IF FOR ANY REASON A HOSPITAL CAME INTO THE CITY TO BE USED. BUT OVERALL THE INTENT IS TO PROTECT THE CURRENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL LAND USES THAT ARE IN THE CITY. THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. AND WE ALSO DO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALL ARE JUST SEEING THIS. AND FOR THAT REASON, WE WOULD SUPPORT AND RECOMMEND A DEFERRAL IF YOU SEE FIT, BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALL JUST YOU ALL ARE JUST SEEING THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR SMITH.

COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHAT DO I HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? PLEASE. MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR.

TEXT AMENDMENT. IS THERE A NUMBER FOR THIS ONE. IS IT JUST TEXT AMENDMENT? I THINK IT'S JUST TEXT AMENDMENT. CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT. IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER BUT IT'S JUST NOT ITEM NUMBER FOUR. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE. AND TO ATTORNEY WIGGINS, CAN WE JUST GO INTO A MOTION AS TO WHAT THE ACTION THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR? CAN'T SEE THOSE HERE. SO JUST GOING TO ASK A FAVOR OF. FOR THE RECORD, IS THERE ANYONE THAT IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS FROM STAFF. AS DIRECTOR SMITH HAS READ? ANYONE IN FAVOR? ANYONE OPPOSED? HEARING? NONE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOTION AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED ON CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I. A OPPOSES HEARING. NONE. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. DIRECTOR

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I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND. YES, PLEASE. AND IT'S JUST TO KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT AMENDMENT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK. SO I, I READ THROUGH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE STRICKEN FROM THE, THE. CURRENT SECTION. BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION.

SO IF WE HAVE A COMPANY, IF WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO COME IN AND THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS MEDICAL, BUT THEN THEY WANT TO DO HOUSING WITH THAT, DOES THIS TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US PREVENT THAT? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BOTH WITH THIS PARTICULAR TEXT AMENDMENT? IT WOULD PREVENT IT BY BY RIGHT, RIGHT. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU GOT TO GET PERMISSION FOR. SO BASED ON YOUR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING COUPLED WITH A MEDICAL TYPE FACILITY WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.

THE MEDICAL BY ITSELF WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. BUT ONCE YOU TRY TO COUPLE IT WITH THE HOUSING, IT WOULDN'T BE BY RIGHT. BUT THEY CAN ASK FOR PERMISSION, WHETHER THAT BE IN THE FORM OF A REZONING, WHETHER IT BE IN THE FORM OF SOME TYPE OF USE PERMIT. RIGHT. IT CAN IT CAN POTENTIALLY HAPPEN, BUT NOT WITHOUT COMING BEFORE YOUR BOARD. AND THEN ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION WITH THIS IS SO ONCE IT HAS LET'S ASSUME THAT WE GET THERE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE ADOPT. IN ORDER TO CHANGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HOW HOW WOULD WOULD SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF WOULD THE CITY OR THE COUNCIL HAVE TO ALSO THEN DO ANOTHER TEXT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO WANT TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE AFTER ADOPTION? YOU WOULD GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN AND THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS COMING FROM THE COUNCIL. NO TEXT AMENDMENT. THIS TEXT AMENDMENT CAME FROM STAFF, FROM STAFF. THANK YOU. A TEXT AMENDMENT CAN YOU CAN RECOMMEND A TEXT AMENDMENT RIGHT. THIS BOARD CAN RECOMMEND A TEXT AMENDMENT. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME FROM COUNCIL. THANK YOU. CAN I ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. CAN I ADD SOMETHING. IS IT A DISCUSSION OR IT'S JUST OKAY QUESTION OR COMMENT. YEAH I HAVE A COMMENT. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE COST OF THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GOING TO COST SO MUCH DEMO THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO DO ANY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY ANYWAYS. IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT FOR A HOSPITAL AND THOSE TYPE SERVICES. YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE PARKING DECK AND THE BUILDING. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 20, $30 MILLION DEMO ON TOP OF LAND COSTS. SO I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY DEVELOPER THAT'S GOING TO COME IN AND, AND KIND OF RERUN AND RECONFIGURE THAT JUST BASED OFF OF THE NUMBERS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING

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COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ANDERSON. YEAH, I THINK ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER ACCESSORY OR EXCUSE ME. AUXILIARY THINGS MIGHT BE NEEDED WITH A HOSPITAL SUCH AS WE SAID, NO LAUNDROMAT SERVICES. OR CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC, PLEASE? IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR YOU. IT'S ON. JUST IT'S ON, IT'S ON IT. YEAH. I ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD VERY FREQUENTLY I HAVE A VERY SOFT VOICE. SO MY UNDER THE, THE AUXILIARY OR OTHER PERMITTED USES FREQUENTLY HOSPITALS OR LARGER MEDICAL CENTERS HAVE ON SITE LAUNDRY. AND SO I'M HOPING LANGUAGE COULD BE ADDED TO ALLOW THAT AS PART OF EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE OR, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES, ADMINISTRATIVELY PERMITTED USES. SO IF YOU SEE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE THERE WAS SOME CONTEMPLATION OF ANCILLARY OR AUXILIARY USES.

YEAH. OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, BUSINESS PHARMACIES AND THEN THE EATERIES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF LAUNDRY IS AS YOU SPEAK OF IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS INSIDE THE BUILDING OR LIKE ADJACENT LIKE OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL BUILDING. OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S INSIDE THEN IT IT WORKS.

IT'S PERMITTED. BUT IF IT'S A SEPARATE USE, LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING LIKE MORE OF A LAUNDROMAT OR SOME TYPE OF DRY CLEANER, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT INTERNAL, OH, THEN IT'S FINE SHEETS, BEDDING, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY MIGHT WANT TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PATIENT OFFICE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT TO A PLANT, YOU KNOW, ON SITE THAT IS, IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM, FROM PATIENT AND VISITOR EYES. THAT'S ALL. I HAVE A QUESTION. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ANDERSON? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN, DOES HOSPICE CARE COUNT AS RESIDENTIAL IN A SITUATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MEDICAL, CAN YOU SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT? I WAS ASKING IF HOSPICE CARE COUNT AS RESIDENTIAL. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TREATMENT CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN THIS, THIS, THIS TIME? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S EXPLICIT. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANTED TO SEE TO BE ADDED AS A PERMISSIBLE USE BY RIGHT, THEN CERTAINLY I THINK STAFF CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT OKAY. PROVIDED THAT COMES IN THE SENSE OF EMOTION, WHETHER IT BE TODAY OR AT THE DEFERRAL DATE. YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED TO ADOPT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. IS IT UNDER USE PERMIT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TALK TO HIM TO TRANSLATE. NO, NO I'M TALKING WE HAVE A QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR. JUST ONE MINUTE. DIRECTOR SMITH, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? WHAT I WAS I WAS READING SOME OF THE USES THAT WERE PERMITTED USES BEFORE, AND THE ONE IN THOSE USES WERE MOVED TO A USE PERMIT. UNDER THE PROPOSAL, WE COULD ADD. HOSPICE UNDER THE USE PERMIT CATEGORY, AS WE HAVE ADULT DAYCARE, THE FAMILY DAYCARE. THERE ARE OTHER USES THAT. LET'S SEE. I THOUGHT I SAW ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS SENIOR HOUSING. WE CAN ADD THAT USE UNDER THAT SECTION. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO. IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO ADD IT NOW AND NO. WELL WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT YOU FINISH GETTING THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT. LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A LIGHTER. SO LET OR NO YOU WOULD FINISH YOUR

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THANK YOU. I WILL READ OVER THIS AS WELL. AND I THINK I'M JUST THINKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ALSO, IS THERE ANY IN HERE. AND I'LL LOOK AT IT. BUT DO WE KNOW OFF THE TOP IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN TERMS OF LIKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA AS WELL? AND I'M LOOKING I, I'M ACTUALLY USING CHATGPT TO TRY TO SCAN THE DOCUMENT QUICKLY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND SOME THINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. LIKE, IS THERE ANY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT R&D IS IN THERE.

OKAY. SO IF WE COULD ADD THAT IN THERE AS WELL FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, THAT. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. PROPOSE THAT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I THINK IS CLEVER BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN PRE-COLONIAL. COMMISSIONER PRESLEY YOU'RE I'M GOING TO LET COMMISSIONER FINISH AND THEN AND THEN YOU CAN DO ALL OF YOUR TALKING SO WE CAN KIND OF KEEP IT SEPARATED. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. I'M DONE. YES. OKAY. SHE HAS FINISHED. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD. SIR, I APOLOGIZE. NO, I THINK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS GOOD AS LONG AS IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HARMFUL TO THE WATER OR MY AIR. WHERE? NEAR MY HOUSE. BUT MY QUESTION ABOUT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT I SAW, I SAW ON THE AGENDA. IT STATED CITY WIDE. SO IT'S NOT RESTRICTED JUST TO THAT HOSPITAL AREA. IT'S ANY MEDICAL INSTITUTION, CORRECT. THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF EASTPOINTE, ANY PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED MEDICAL, AM I? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. OKAY, OKAY. SO DOES THAT CLEAR YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. AND COMMISSIONER WATSO. YEAH I WAS SPEAKING IN TERMS OF LAUNDROMAT, NOTORIOUSLY DIRTY PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO COMES BACK DIRTY ON LAUNDROMATS ALL THE TIME. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE, WANTED TO PUT THAT OFF SITE OR INTO A DESIGNATED AREA. HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE. AND THE CHEMICALS GOING IN THE WHEN YOU CREATE BROWNFIELD SITES. I HAD A SITE IN DECATUR, A LAUNDROMAT WAS UP THE STREET. HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE UNDERWATER, UNDERGROUND STREAMS CAME DOWN. WE'RE TALKING MAYBE A HALF A MILE FROM THE SITE. CONTAMINATED MY SITE, MADE IT A BROWNFIELD. AND YOU YOU GET ON THE BROWNFIELD PROGRAM AND IT JUST WOULD CREATE A WHOLE LOT OF MINUTIA ON TRYING TO REMEDIATE ON. LAUNDROMAT STUFF. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SITE, IT HAS A LOT OF TOPO. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M MAYBE I'M A LITTLE BIT BIASED ON LAUNDROMATS. BUT MY QUESTION TO KIMBERLY, MR. MISS SMITH IS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF REVITALIZE THIS HOSPITAL. AND I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ZONING VERSUS THE ZONING THAT'S PROPOSED, THE AMENDMENT THAT'S PROPOSED, THE WHAT WERE THE ORIGINAL HOSPITAL UP UNDER VERSUS HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING? AND IF THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF DETER POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND IN THE IN THE PROJECT, IT MAKES SENSE. SO THERE WERE MANY HOSPITALS THAT WERE CLOSING. THERE WERE MULTIPLE HOSPITALS THAT WERE CLOSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF METRO ATLANTA. ONE OF THE HOSPITALS WAS OFF OF BOULEVARD IN ATLANTA, AND IT CLOSED. IT'S LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA.

WHAT THE CITY ENDED UP DOING, CITY OF ATLANTA END UP DOING WITH THAT PROPERTY IS REDEVELOPING IT. AND WHEN IT CAME BACK FOR REDEVELOPMENT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL COMPONENT TO IT. SO THAT WAS CONCERNING TO THE EAST POINT COMMUNITY THAT THE HOSPITAL NUMBER ONE CLOSED. THAT MEANS THAT THERE WERE NO HEALTH CARE

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BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF METRO ATLANTA, WE SAW FIT TO MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING IN THIS IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT, BASED ON WHAT WE SAW HAPPENING IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE AND TO ENCOURAGE THE SUPPORT TO PROVIDE HEALTH EQUITY IN EAST POINT AND IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF METRO ATLANTA. SO THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND SOME OF THE HISTORY BEHIND WHY WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT AND TO SAVE HEALTH CARE IN EAST POINT.

IS THIS PREDICATED ON A CASE STUDY OF A PREVIOUS CASE THAT WHERE IT INCENTIVIZED. HOSPITALS OR MEDICAL USES TO BE. TO MAKE THEM COME TO THE AREA? OR IS THERE SOME TYPE OF CASE STUDY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THE COMMISSIONER'S QUESTION. YES, ATTORNEY WIGGINS, THIS IS NOT A REZONING. SO THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ORDINANCE, ARE NOT BEING REZONED FROM SOMETHING TO SOMETHING. THE ZONING HAS REMAINED M I AND IF YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROPERTY WHERE THE FORMER HOSPITAL STOOD, IT'S IN ME NOW. IT WOULD BE M I IF THIS WAS APPROVED. IT'S JUST CHANGING THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT MI DISTRICT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRESLEY. SO WHAT I, WHAT I THINK I GATHER HERE IS BY NIXING FOR, FOR SLANG TERMS, BY EDITING AND REDACTING ALL THOSE PREVIOUS MENTIONED THINGS IN THE TEXT IS TO STREAMLINE AND THAT IS TO TRY TO RECRUIT. I FEEL A BUYER. MAYBE ARTHUR BLANK MAY WANT TO COME, AND MAYBE GRADY MAY WANT TO COME IN. HOPEFULLY PIEDMONT. AND I'M I'M I GOTTA ADMIT, I'M ALL FOR EDITING THIS, TO STREAMLINE IT, TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING TO GET OTHER BUYERS TO SAY THE SOUTH SIDE NEEDS AN AREA. ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE SAY WE CARE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. OR, YOU KNOW, I DO BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S BREAKING MY HOUSE. I'M GONNA CALL THEM FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF THESE PEOPLE GET HURT. TRAFFIC ON 85, 75. HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN IN IT? WE KNOW GETTING TO GRADY IS CHALLENGING, SO WE NEED TO TRY TO RECRUIT SOME BUYERS, SOME EYES TO SAY, OKAY, EAST POINT IS A PLACE WE CAN DO BUSINESS AT. BECAUSE NOT ONLY THIS POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, US, US. I MEAN, IF SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION NEED THAT I'VE EVEN HAD IN MY OWN YARD. THEY TOOK ME TO GRADY. THEY COULDN'T EVEN TAKE ME DOWN THE STREET TO TRIAGE ME THERE. SO OUR URGENT CARES AND HAPEVILLE CLOSED AROUND. WHAT? THEY CAN PUT A BAND-AID ON YOU. BUT OTHER THAN CADUCEUS, WHOSE 24 HOURS.

ALL THE REST ARE GOING TO CLOSE BY 7 TO 8:00. SO I THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST FOR SELF PRESERVATION OF SELF THAT WE DO TRY TO RECRUIT SOME OUTSIDE PEOPLE. EVEN THE STATE DOESN'T CARE. I MEAN, NOT BEING RULED BY THAT, BUT FROM SOUTH FULTON FAIRBURN THERE'S NOBODY THERE'S NOBODY. SO WE CAN REDACT SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT OF HERE TO MAKE SOMEBODY SAY, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PROPERTY OR ANOTHER PROPERTY CLOSE BY. I THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST SELF PRESERVATION TO THINK LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FILLS. I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE REFLECTION OFF OF COMMISSIONER PRESSLEY'S LIGHT. SO I THOUGHT I SAW YOUR LIGHT. I SEE A COUPLE OF HANDS DOWN HERE, COMMISSIONER MARK FIELDS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO MY QUESTION IS. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER

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SHE SAID BASICALLY HOSPITAL WAS THERE, A HOSPITAL WAS GONE. YEAH. AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A HOSPITAL, WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR ZONING CODE TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING ELSE DOESN'T GO THERE.

RIGHT. WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN ATLANTA. THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS. AND I AND I LIKE WHAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF A SINGLE IF A, IF, IF A SINGLE URGENT CARE OR ANOTHER URGENT CARE CAME THERE, WE WOULD THAT SATISFY THIS TEXT AMENDMENT OR OR IT COULD SOMETHING ELSE OTHER. WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIKE LIKE ONE CAME AND THEN ANOTHER ONE CAME. OR LET'S JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A SINGLE URGENT CARE IN THAT BUILDING AND THEN IT. AND NOW IT'S A CHIROPRACTOR. AND THEN THERE'S A FAMILY, A PERSONAL CARE, AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE CARVED UP IN THERE. THAT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THIS. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I MEAN, BASED ON THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, THAT CAN HAPPEN. THAT'S BY. RIGHT? YES. WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THIS BODY OR THE CITY COUNCIL. AND IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A HOSPITAL. IT MAY NOT BE WHAT I THINK COMMISSIONER PRESLEY IS MENTIONING. CORRECT. IT MAY NOT BE A HOSPITAL, IT MAY BE SOME OTHER TYPE OF MEDICAL FACILITY, SUCH AS. DENTAL. YEAH. CHIROPRACTIC, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S LISTED IF IT'S APPROVED THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. RIGHT, RIGHT. THIS CAN CHANGE WHAT COLOR IS AM I. YOU CAN TALK TO THE LIGHT BLUE. SO THEY'RE SAYING SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ON YOUR SCREEN, THE LIGHT BLUE THAT HE HAS LIKE THE LITTLE ARROW OVER THAT COLOR IS MI. SO IT EXISTS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S SOME OVER TO YOUR LEFT DOWN EAST CLEVELAND. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT. AND SOME OVER TO YOUR RIGHT DOWN EAST CLEVELAND. THAT IS WHERE THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE ITS EFFECT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER MARK FIELDS, DID YOU FINISH? YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. YES, THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE. BUT SO TO YOUR POINT, I WAS WONDERING IF SO, IT WOULD BE AN ADOPTION. THEN IF WE SAY THAT IT WOULD BE NOT A THE URGENT CARE. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A AND I COULD BE WRONG. I'D HAVE TO DO MY RESEARCH. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF URGENT CARES. BUT IT WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS LIKE TRAUMA IN THE AREA VERSUS I NEED A BAND AID OR I NEED TO HAVE MY VITALS CHECKED, BUT LIKE I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR I NEED IMMEDIATE SURGERY, LIKE LIFE THREATENING SURGERY. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING IF WE CAN. SO WOULD IT BE. IT WOULD BE AN ADOPTION JUST TO SAY THAT WE WOULD OMIT URGENT CARE FOR NON LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. THAT WOULD BE A TEXT ADOPTION, ADOPTION. SO IT COULD BE OKAY. AND I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF YOUR IDEAS MAY BE GREAT RIGHT. IT JUST NEEDS MAJORITY SUPPORT RIGHT? RIGHT. SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO DECIDE AFTER YOU'RE DONE WITH DISCUSSION WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO DEFER TONIGHT. COME BACK, HAVE SOME IDEAS OF HOW YOU WANT THIS TO BE CHANGED OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES TONIGHT BY WAY OF A MOTION AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET MAJORITY SUPPORT AROUND, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WHENEVER YOU DO IT, WHETHER IT BE TONIGHT OR AT A DIFFERENT MEETING, WE TAKE EACH IDEA SEPARATELY. SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE WITH THIS CHANGE, IF THAT GETS MAJORITY SUPPORT, THAT CHANGE

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RIGHT. THE REST OF THE COMMISSION MAY NOT WANT. AND SO WE WANT TO SEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL A TEXT AMENDMENT THAT REFLECTS WHAT GOT MAJORITY SUPPORT ON THIS BOARD. SO THANK YOU, ATTORNEY WIGGINS. AND DID YOU FINISH COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. YES. SO TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, DIRECTOR SMITH, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST GIVE US AN OVERALL DEFINITION OF WHAT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WILL DO SO THAT WHATEVER THE BODY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO DO IN REGARDS TO VOTING IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, TONIGHT, THEY WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS ONE TEXT AMENDMENT IS DESIGNED TO DO. THE INTENT OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT IS TO STREAMLINE THE SCOPE AND INTENT OF THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL ZONING DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE FOR AMENDED PERMITTED USES AS WELL AS USES PERMITTED THROUGH THE USE PERMIT, AND IT IS TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL LAND USE IN THE CITY OF EAST POINT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE ON THIS TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THIS EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DEFER THIS AND BRING BACK QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, STATEMENTS AND FEEDBACK. NEXT, I SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, THAT CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT. SECTION TEN DASH 2071 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONAL ZONING BE DEFERRED TO A LATER DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. THIS TEXT AMENDMENT CASE WILL BE DEFERRED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SMITH. TEXT AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. YES, MADAM

[IX.5. City Initiated Text Amendment ]

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[VII. Elect Officers – Deferred from February 20, 2025, Regular Meeting]

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MADAM, CAN I CAN I INTERJECT A LITTLE BIT? IS A IS IT IS ANYBODY CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY. OH NO WE DON'T DO THAT HERE. BUT IF YOU COULD JUST OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS WOULD BE ACCURATE OKAY. SO WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS ON CHAIR FOR EAST POINT COMMISSIONER PLANNING AND ZONING. DO I HEAR A NOMINATION? PATRICIA FUQUA FOR CHAIR. DO I HEAR ANOTHER NOMINATION? DO YOU ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION? YES, I WILL ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION. AND ARE THERE ANY MORE? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO PUT UP A NAME FOR A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR? I MUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CAMPAIGN FOR YOURSELF, BUT I NOMINATE MYSELF FOR A CHAIR AS WELL. WAYNE WATSON, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WATSON HAS NOMINATED HIMSELF. DO I HEAR ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. SO WE WILL VOTE ON THE SAID TWO NAMES. YOU'LL JUST CALL FOR A MOTION. ONE NAME. OKAY. CAN WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE ON THE FIRST NAME PUT FORWARD. AND THAT IS PATRICIA FUQUA. LOVETT. MADAM CHAIR, JUST OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION. AND WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION CAN MAKE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THEN WE WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION ON CHAIR.

OKAY. I NOMINATE YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ELECT. PATRICIA FUQUA AS OUR NEXT CHAIRMAN. LOVE IT, LOVE IT. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'M SORRY. SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED. AND PROPERLY. SECOND, THAT THE CHAIR THAT IS ON THE FLOOR, PATRICIA FUQUA LOVETT TO BE ELECTED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD. I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. PATRICIA FUQUA LOVETT IS THE CHAIR FOR THE EAST POINT COMMISSIONER. PLANNING AND ZONING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE

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RIGHT. WELL, I ALREADY SEEN HIM. COME ON, MAN, COME ON. COMMISSIONER MILLER HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS VICE CHAIR. DO I HEAR ANOTHER NAME? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE ON THE SAID NAME OF COMMISSIONER WILL MILLER? MOTION TO. I MOVE. YEAH, I MOVE THAT. THE VICE CHAIR? YES. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. THAT COMMISSIONER WILL MILLER IS THE VICE CHAIR OF EAST POINT PLANNING AND ZONING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. COMMISSIONER MILLER IS THE VICE CHAIR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. DO YOU ACCEPT? TOO LATE. PROVISIONAL CHAIR. OKAY. PROVISIONAL CHAIR. DO I HAVE A NAME FOR PROVISIONAL CHAIR? WELL, I, I HEAR COMMISSIONER WAYNE WATSON, DO I. YES. DO I HEAR A SECOND ON COMMISSIONER WATSON OR DO I HEAR ANOTHER NAME FOR I SECOND IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, THAT COMMISSIONER WAYNE WATSON IS THE PROVISIONAL CHAIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY THE WORD I. I OPPOSES HEARING NONE. COMMISSIONER WAYNE WATSON IS THE PROVISIONAL CHAIR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, EAST POINT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU ALL. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, RIGHT? YOU GOT TO PAY, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU SO

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