Minutes of the  Unified Development Code Advisory Commission  City of Georgetown, Texas Wednesday, October 9, 2024  The Georgetown Unified Development Code. Advisory Commission met on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 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  at 3:30 PM at City Hall Community Room, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. Street.  Texas at 711.  The following Members were in attendance: Rodocker, Stephen F Dickey  Present were: Lee Nichols, Joshua A Baran, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis, Shelley GG  Public Wishing to Address the Board  Onas subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can bei found on the table at the entrance to the meeting room. Clearly print your name and the letter oft the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the Board Liaison prior to the start of the meeting. Your will be called forwardi to speak when the Board considers that item. Only persons who have delivered the speaker form prior toi 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, it 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 Onas subject not posted on the agenda: AI 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 address the  and be present at the meeting.  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 September 11, 2024 regular Unified Development Code. Advisory Commission meeting = Erica Metress, Moved by Troy Hellmann; seconded by Joshua A Baran to Approve the minutes from the September 11, 2024, regular Unified Development Code Advisory Commission  Planning Specialist    meeting. Motion Approved: 5-0 FDickey Voting Against: None 2025 Session  Voting For: Lee Nichols, Joshua A Baran, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis, Stephen  1.B Nomination and Selection of Vice Chair and Secretary for the 2024-  Nomination and Selection of Vice Chair and Secretary for the 2024-2025 Session = Erica Moved by Troy Hellmann; seconded by Stephen F Dickey to Approve the nomination of Voting For: Lee Nichols, Joshua A Baran, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis, Stephen  Metress, Planning Specialist  Joshua Baran as Vice Chair for the 2024-2025 session.  Motion Approved: 5-0 FDickey Voting Against: None  Committee Member Rodocker arrived at 3:31 PM. himself as Secretary for the 2024-2025 session.  Moved by Troy Hellmann; seconded by Stephen F Dickey to Approve the nomination of Voting For: Lee Nichols, Joshua A Baran, Troy Hellmann, Travis Perthuis, Shelley G  Motion Approved: 6- 0 G Rodocker, Stephen F Dickey Voting Against: None  1.C Review of Zoning Districts and Uses within each district  Discussion on zoning districts and uses permitted within each district - Sofia Nelson, Sofia Nelson provided a summary of the work the Unified Development Code Advisory Committee has done with the Unified Development Code land use charts and a The discussion began with the residential uses table found in section 5.02.010 of the Unified Development Code. Committee Member Baran recommended no change to the The discussion continued to the single-family, attached use. Nelson asked the committee if the use should retain the limitation for the Old Town overlay. Committee Member Hellmann agreed that the use should retain the limitation. Committee Member Dickey agreed and provided a reason of lack of symmetry of the lots within the Old Town Overlay. Chair Perthuis and Committee Member Baran agreed that the use The discussion continued to the two-family and townhouse use. The committee did not  Planning Director  refresher of the lot size of each zoning district.  single-family detached use.  should remain as is. 22:08  have recommendations of change for these uses.    The discussion continued to the multifamily, detached, and multifamily, attached, uses. Nelson shared with the committee that the multifamily, detached, use will be removed at the request of the city council. Committee Member Baran suggested to remove the multifamily, attached, use from the I1, flex industrial, zoning district. Committee Member Hellmann recommended to align the impervious cover in note E with standards set for the MF2, high density multi-family, zoning district. Committee Member Dickey suggested inr removing the SUP, special use permit, from the BP, business park, zoning district. The discussion continued to the manufacture housing and manufactured housing park uses. The committee agreed that the uses should remain as they are. The discussion continued toi the accessory dwelling unit use. Committee Member Rodocker explained that mortgage rules allow accessory dwelling units with manufactured housing districts and suggested to add a SUP for the use. Committee Member Baran suggested to permit the use in the RE, residential estate, and the AG, agriculture, zoning districts due to lot sizes. Committee Member Dickey added to permit the use ini the TR, traditional residential, zoning districts because of the large lot sizes. Nelson recommended limiting it in the suggested zoning districts as well as to limit the use in the RS, residential suburban, zoning district. The committee agreed to the The discussion continued to the second dwelling unit use. Committee Member Baran recommended to align the definition of the use with state code and Committee Member  recommendation.  Dickey agreed.  The discussion continued to the upper-story residential use.  Ryan Clark, Long Range Senior Planner, suggested to remove the limitation regarding the gross floor area. The committee agreed with the suggestion. Discussion on uses allowed on the first floor. Nelson commented that staff will draft a limitation to include with The discussion continued to the home-based business use. Committee Member Dickey suggested in providing a different title and requested that staff review this use with regard to residents who want to work and live in the same building. Nelson asked the committee ifthey would like a drafted definition in which residents can work int the same structure that they live in. The committee confirmed that they would want a drafted definition to Nelson recommended to skip the review of the group home classifications due to the connection with state and federal laws. With that, the discussion moved to the remaining uses of the group living sections of the residential use table found in section 5.02.010 of the Unified Development Code. The committee agreed to leave the remainder of the use Committee Member Baran requested that temporary or roll away businesses require  the upper-story residential use.  include work and al live in space.  chart as is due to conversations from earlier meetings.    restrictions with the usage of parking spaces.  Adjournment  These minutes were approved at the meeting of 10/29/2024  ph  Chair  ER