Minutes of the  Unified Development Code Advisory Commission  City of Georgetown, Texas Wednesday, September 11, 2024  The Georgetown Unified Development Code Advisory Commission met on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 3:30 PM at City Hall Community Room, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. Street. The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations: will be provided upon request. Please contact the City Secretary's Office, at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 808 Martin Luther King, Jr Street for additional information; TTY users route  through Relay Texas at 711.  The following Members were in attendance: Public Wishing to Address the Board  Present were: Joshua A Baran, Brian A Carr, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis, Brad Strittmatter  Ona a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found on the table at the entrance to the meeting room. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the Board Liaison prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Board considers that item. Only persons who have delivered the speaker form prior to the meeting being called to order may speak. Speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. Ify you wish to speak for six minutes, iti is permissible to use another requestor's granted time to speak. No more than six minutes for a speaker may be granted. The requestor granting time to another speaker must also submit at form On a subject not posted on the agenda: A request must be received by the Advisory Board or Commission Liaison prior to the day the agenda for this mee ng is posted. Each speaker will be given three minutes to  and be present at the meeting.  address the Board or Commission members. No action can be taken.  1. Regular Session 1.A Meeting Minutes  Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes from the August 14, 2024, regular Unified Development Code Advisory Commission meeting - Erica Metress,  Planning Specialist  Moved by Troy Hellmann; seconded by Joshua A Baran to Approve the minutes from the August 14, 2024, regular Unified Development Code Advisory Commission meeting.  Motion Approved: 5-0    Voting For: Joshua. A Baran, Brian A Carr, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis,  Brad Strittmatter Voting Against: None  1.B Review of Zoning Districts and Uses within each district  Discussion on zoning districts and uses permitted within each district - Sofia Nelson, Zane Brown, Management Analyst, explained some of the concerns Randy Hartford, public speaker, shared with Brown and Planning Director, Sofia Nelson, after the. August 14, 2024, regular meeting of the UDCAC. Some of the concerns mentioned was specifically to neighborhoods and residential uses. Brown shared that it was recommended to prohibit uses that were not allowed in CN, Neighborhood Commercial, but will be allowed in C1, Local Commercial, from being adjacent to residential  Planning Director  properties.  Committee Member Baran asked if it was possible to keep either the CN or OF, office, zoning district next to residential zoning districts. Nelson shared that it was within the Committee Member Baran believed that having both CN and OF zoning districts was unnecessary but shared that it may be regrettable to remove both altogether. Chair Perthuis suggested to combine both zoning districts into one zoning category. Committee Member Baran agreed with the suggestion from Chair Perthuis. Committee Member Hellmann agreed with Committee Member Baran with the lesser category but did not want to mandate that anything next to residential would need to be in the Ryan Clark, Long Range Senior Planner, asked the committee for their insight on the Committee Member Baran explained that he saw the C3, General Commercial, zoning district as larger commercial pods, big boxes, and some flex industrial. Committee Member Baran added that he saw the C1 zoning district as something that could exist along Williams Drive as an example, with some residential uses along it. Committee Member Baran added that the CN zoning district could be in a neighborhood like a local With no further comment, the discussion began with the Automobile Repair and Service, Limited and General uses of the commercial uses table found in section Committee Member Baran suggested to add a Special Use Permit, SUP, to the 11, Flex Industrial, zoning district for Automobile Repair and Service, general. Committee Member Hellmann shared that he believed the use: should be permitted somewhere. Nelson suggested to allow the use in the 12, Intensive Industrial, zoning district because it will have heavier uses of the two industrial zoning districts. Nelson added that the 11  committee's ability to provide that recommendation.  minimum category.  functionality of the C1 zoning district.  office or local market.  5.04.010 of the Unified Development Code.    zoning district may have some transitional uses. Committee Member Baran shared that the use should be permitted in the 12 zoning district. Committee Member Hellmann questioned if Automobile Repair and Service, general, should be permitted in the C2, Regional Commercial, zoning district. Committee Member Baran commented that the use Committee Member Baran asked for the definition of Automobile Repair and Service, general, and Automobile Repair and Service, limited. Committee Member Hellmann suggested to remove the statement in the definition of Automobile Repair and Service, limited, about overnight on-site storage of vehicles and then add the V note limitation. Chair Perthuis and Committee Member Baran agreed. Committee Member Baran suggested in requiring an SUP for Automobile Repair and Service, general, in the 11 The discussion continued to the fuel sales use. Committee Member Baran inquired about the background on the 4 square pump arrangement versus 4 linear pump arrangement. Nelson shared that the idea may have begun from a light intrusion perspective. Committee Member Baran suggested to remove the configuration oft the pumps. Chair Perthuis and Committee Member Hellmann agreed. The discussion continued to the car wash use. The committee agreed that the use The discussion continued to the recreational vehicle sales, rental or service, towing services and impound lots use. The committee agreed that the uses should remain as The discussion continued to the Industrial Uses Table found in section 5.06.010 of the With regard to the contractor services, limited and general, use, Committee Member Hellmann suggested to match both uses. Committee Member Baran highlighted that there would be a need for one category and suggested to remove the contractor services, limited, use, and keep the contractor services, general, use. Committee Member Carr recommended toi incorporate some of the definition for the contractor services, limited, use int the definition of the office/warehouse use. Committee Member Baran suggested to allow for assembly and maintenance of the materials indoors to the office/warehouse use No change was recommended by the committee for the movie production use.  may need an SUP should it be permitted in the C2 zoning district.  zoning district.  should remain as is.  they are.  Unified Development Code.  definition.  The discussion continued to the printing and publishing use.  Jessica Lemanski, Associate Planner, recommended to review the definition of the printing and publishing use and the definition of the printing, mailing, and reproduction services use. Committee Member Hellmann and Baran recommended to combine the    two uses under the printing, mailing, and reproduction services use.  The discussion continued to the research, testing and development lab use. The  committee agreed that the use should remain as is.  The discussion continued to the manufacturing, processing and assembly, limited and general, use. The committee agreed that the uses should remain as they are. The discussion continued to the warehousing and distribution, limited and general, use. Lemanski highlighted that the definition of both uses do not address the scale of distribution. Committee Member Baran commented that the definition should allow for individual businesses to exist. Committee Member Hellmann suggested toi incorporate square footage as a limiting factor between the warehousing and distribution, limited and Brittnee Gregoire, 1002 Parkway Street, shared that she liked the idea of separating the two uses by square footage and suggested in possibly using dock level doors for heavier distribution and grade level doors for smaller distribution. Gregoire highlighted that there should be a square footage differentiation between the warehousing and distribution, limited and general, use. Gregoire poised the question of whether a smaller office/warehouse storage with climate control would comply with the square footage and noted that smaller climate control warehouses could still be an employment center. Gregoire highlighted that biotech in the climate control warehouse could fall in an Chair Perthuis questioned if the definition of the uses includes truck terminals. Committee Member Hellmann highlighted that the definition does not allow truck  general, use.  industrial zoning district like 11.  terminals or rail yards.  Committee Member Baran suggested to allow distribution ini the office/warehouse use. Nelson asked ifi it would be helpful to include grade level condition with the office/warehouse use. Committee Member Baran shared that he thought square footage would be more important instead of grade level or dock height. Committee Member Baran shared that overall square footage should be the focus instead of individual square footage. Committee Member Baran suggested to permit the warehousing and distribution, limited, use in the 11 zoning district and to add distribution to the ofice/warehouse use Gregoire asked the committee if they would recommend placing an SUP or limitation for the warehousing and distribution, general, use in the 11 zoning district. The committee agreed with placing an SUP for the warehousing and distribution, general, use in the 11 Chair Perthuis asked if there were any remaining recommendations for the remainder of the Industrial Uses Table found in section 5.06.010 of the Unified Development Code. The  definition.  zoning district.  committee did not have additional comments or recommendations.    Adjournment  These minutes were approved at the meeting of OCTOBR 9, 2024  pah  Chair  t Attest