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GOOD EVENING. IT'S 505 P M CALLED THIS CITY. MCKINNEY PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WORK
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SESSION OF TUESDAY AND MARCH 23RD 2021 TO ORDER FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. WILL BE TO TAKE COMMENTS FOR ANY ITEM THAT IS, LET'S NOT HAVE A OF LIKE CURING ATTACHED. SHOULD BE ITEM TO ONE DAY, SAY 0 TO 43 YOU NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. ALL RIGHT. FIRST. TO HARTLEY. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM TO BE TAKEN UP IS ADAM TO 1-0243 AND THE BED. THE NEW[Update on the New Code McKinney Initiative (Development Regulations Update), Specifically Related to Proposed Improvements to the Uses and Districts Sections of the Zoning Ordinance]
CODE. MCKINNEY INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS UPDATE SPECIFICALLY RELATED. TO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE USES AND DISTRICT SECTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. BOXING.AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THIS PRESENTATION SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. TO SHOW YOU OUR PRESENT TO YOU THE PUBLIC DRAFT OF DISTRICTS AND USES IF YOU WERE CALLED, WE'VE BEEN HERE ONCE BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE SECTION. AS WELL, THAT WAS THAT A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO BACK IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME IF YOU'LL RECALL. BUT TONIGHT WE'RE HERE. T FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON OUR ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES SO WE.
WALK THROUGH THIS TONIGHT WE'LL REALLY FOCUS ON SHOWING YOU THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE SEEN THE UPDATES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND RECOMMENDING AS PART OF THIS SECTION ALSO. GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEEDBACK ON THAT. WILL BE A SECOND KIND OF TRANSITION. IF YOU WILL.
TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSITION STRATEGY, WHICH I'M SURE MAY BE OF SOME INTEREST TO SOME OF YOU. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH. THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES. TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT TODAY. AND YOU MAY HAVE READ THROUGH THE DOCUMENT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HAD SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO MULTI FAMILY AND THAT. THAT THERE IS A TO BE DETERMINED SHOWN ON THAT CATEGORY. ALSO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS NOT LISTED ON THERE. SO THIS TIME WE WANT TO BE OH, THOSE AIR BIGGER TOPICS. AND WE WANT TO TAKE SOME MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THOSE WITH NOT ONLY YOU BUT CITY COUNCIL. MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR THOUGHTS ON THOSE THERE.
ALSO SOME HOT TOPIC ISSUES LIKE SHORT TERM RENTALS. THAT WILL BE PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD LATER. BUT I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS LATER. LET YOU KNOW THAT THOSE AIR COMING FORWARD ANOTHER TIME. SO AS ALWAYS, WE KIND OF WALKED THROUGH KIND OF THE GOALS. JUST REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PROJECT, OF COURSE, IMPLEMENT THE ONE KILLING 2040 THAT DRIVES US AND WHAT WE DO ALL THE TIME. SO THAT'S TOP OF THE LIST. OBVIOUSLY SIMPLIFYING REGULATIONS AND IMPROVING THE DOCUMENT. OVERALL THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. MAKE THIS DOCUMENT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE. IMPROVE. MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED TO USE OUR NEW ZONING. ZONING ORDINANCE. SO JUST A REMINDER. THIS IS A MARATHON. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE DOING THIS.
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GONE INTO. WHERE WE'VE BEEN UP TO THIS POINT ON THEN, OBVIOUSLY SHOWING WHAT WE STILL HAVE LEFT TO DO, WHICH IS TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH IS UPCOMING AND THEN ALSO, UH, CONSOLIDATED. DRAFT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AS WELL. SO ANY CHANGES AND FEEDBACK THAT WE GET TONIGHT WILL BE TAKING THAT INCORPORATING AND THAT INTO OUR CONSOLIDATED CODE. AND KIND OF MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION. ONE THING I DID WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON YOU GUYS MAY RECALL THAT I PRESENTED THE PARKING SHORT TERM AMENDMENTS A FEW WEEKS AGO. THAT TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH AND WAS APPROVED ALONG WITH SIGN CODE AMENDMENTS. SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT DID HAPPEN AT THAT TIME. ALSO JUST KIND OF OUTREACH. YOU KNOW, WE DID YOU OUTREACH ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF PROCEDURE SECTION. WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK DURING OUR SURVEY. ALL OF THAT GOES INTO
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YOU ARE CONSOLIDATED CODE. AND THEN JUST KIND OF REMINDER FOR TONIGHT, WAY HAVE DONE TWO ROUNDS OF REVIEW ON THIS. THIS. THIS SECTION OF THE CODE. WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON SO. WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH A THOROUGHLY. WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS SECTION, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOPEFULLY YOU SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME. OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE IT OUT POSTED. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT REVIEW AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO. COMMENT ON THE SERVICE LOCATED THERE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY HAVE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S KIND OF BROKEN UP INTO THIS PRESENTATION IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PARTS. WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE EXISTING OR THE PROPOSED AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT. AND LAND USES. MANY OF YOU MAYBE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TRANSITION. THE TRANSITION OF DISTRICT'S AND HELL THEY'LL CHANGE OVER TIME. THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE KIND OF AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. BUT WE ARE GONNA WALK THROUGH THAT TODAY, BUT REALLY JUST WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON MERITS OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PUTTING. IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT JUST FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT'S POLICY KIND OF BASED THEM ON THEIR OWN. MARRIED AT THIS TIME. SO OF COURSE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EYES DRIVEN AND GUIDED BY OUR 2040 PLAN. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR WITH THE REVIEW THE DISTRICT'S WE'VE DONE THAT'S TAKEN THAT SAME APPROACH. AS WE ALWAYS DO. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE UPDATES. YOU MAY NOTICE IS YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE DISTRICT SECTION. THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. WE'VE ADDED INTENSE STATEMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE KIND OF CLARIFIED. WHAT WE'RE DOING.IN EACH OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS. WE'VE ALSO UPDATED STANDARDS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN ALSO. WE HAVE IMPROVE USABILITY AND WAY THAT YOU CAN. USE ONE CLICK LEADS TO JUMP TO DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE NEW LOOKS LIKE. THE NEW LAYOUT LOOKS LIKE AS PROPOSED. THE OLDIES YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LOT MORE SLEEK. USE OF THE TABLES, THE GRAPHICS WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS HELPS IMPROVE AND CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND ALL OF THESE SECTIONS. SO LET'S MOVE ON AND TALK ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT'S. SO BEFORE YOU YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED LAYOUT. OUR PROPOSED LINEUP OF DISTRICT'S THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. A LOT OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS. IF YOU'LL LOOK, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOT CHANGED. MUCH AND THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE. NOW. MAYBE THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED. A ZAFAR IS THE LINE OF GOES THERE NOT MUCH DIFFERENT. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AS FAR AS NEW DISTRICT'S, IF YOU WILL.
ARE 21. THAT'S A NEW DISTRICT. TRYING TO FILL SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE AND ZONING ZONING DISTRICT LINE UP AND SO ARE 21 IS ONE OF THOSE DISTRICT'S ARE 21 IS KIND OF A HALF ACRE DISTRICT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A ONE ACRE, TWO ACRE AND THEN YOU JUMP DOWN TO LIKE A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT LOCK, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE MIDDLE GROUND AND SO YOU SEE, THAT ADDED HERE. WAS ALSO ADDED SOME OF THE NEW URBAN DISTRICTS IF YOU WILL. RESIDENTIAL URBAN, WHICH IS THE ARE YOU DISTRICT IN THE U. T H, WHICH IS THE URBAN TOWN HOME DISTRICT. AND THESE DISTRICT'S WE'VE KIND OF BASED. WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITHIN RPGS. WE REALLY WANTED TO TRY AND ELIMINATE PDS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND SO INCORPORATING IN RECOMMENDING COUPLE OF NEW DISTRICT'S TO HAVE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP. UNDER WHAT WE SEE IS KIND OF A CONSISTENT TREND WITHIN THE CITY. WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO A PD. WE SEE THAT AS A GREAT BENEFIT, AND SO WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF NEW DISTRICT'S THERE. ALSO A COUPLE OF UPDATES OR CHANGES THAT YOU'LL NOTICE STAFFS RECOMMENDING TO REMOVED. THE SINGLE FAMILY DOESN'T SEE OPPONENT. UM. THE REASON BEING IS THAT MOST OF THE TIME DENSITY IS ACTUALLY CAPPED BY THE SIZE OF YOUR LAW, AND SO TO HAVE AH, DENSITY. ACTUALLY LISTED, AS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IS BENEFICIAL. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING THAT.
READING, OKAY? LET ME KNOW IF THAT WORKS. THAT. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE THE STAFF'S PROPOSING. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF UPDATES TO THE STANDARDS AND THEN ALSO, WE'VE
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TAKEN AND CHANGED THE LOT MEETING MEDIA. FOR THE R FIVE DISTRICT, WHICH WAS CURRENTLY OUR ARREST. R S A FIVE DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR SINGLE FAMILY 5000 SQUARE FOOT LAW, WHICH IS OUR SMALLEST SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE WE'RE PROPOSING THAT CHANGE TO THAT LOT SIZE. JUST A REMINDER. WE ARE LOOKING AT TALKING ABOUT MULTI FAMILY AND PLANNING. AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT'S LATER. MOVING ON TO OUR NON RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT'S. THE LINEUP OF DISTRICT'S IS REALLY SAFE. YOU MIGHT SAY A COUPLE OF NAME CHANGES HERE THERE, BUT AS FAR AS EVERYTHING ELSE IS CONCERNED FOR THE DISTRICT'S THAT WE HAVE THEIR LISTED THERE WE DID. REMOVED THE GOVERNMENTAL COMPLEX DISTRICT. WE ACTUALLY FELT THAT IT WAS BETTER TO HAVE CITY FACILITIES BE A LAND USE. ON BE PERMITTED AND THE DISTRICT'S WHERE WE WANTED HIM, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER THAN ACTUALLY HAVING ITS OWN ZONING DISTRICT FOR IT, AND TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SONY DISTRICT'S WE HAVE, SO WE CUT THOSE OUT THERE. BUT ITS REMAINING GENERALLY THE SAME. UM, AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE HOW YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED. WE'VE REMOVED LOT COVERAGE. ALSO REMOVE FLORIDA RATIO. MOST OF THESE, UM ACTUALLY. BUILT MOST OF THESE STANDARDS OR SORRY. LET ME START OVER. MOST OF OUR NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY DICTATED BY OUR. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. WE HAVE LANDSCAPE OF HERS. WE HAVE. THEIR BUFFERS WAY HAVE PARKING RATIOS THAT ACTUALLY DICTATE HOW HOW BIG ASIDE IS ACTUALLY NEEDED. AND SO TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE OTHER. OTHER LOT AERIAL OUT WITH BLOOD DEPT. DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THESE OTHER STANDARDS THAT ACTUALLY HELP SHOW THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT A LITTLE BIT. JUST IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR WORRIED. WE DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL SETBACK. UH, FOR REAR ONSIDE LOTS IS ACTUALLY 45 FT. THERE WAS JUST A MISTAKE ON THE SUMMARY TABLE THAT WE JUST NOTICED TODAY WHERE IT'S NOT SHOWING. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE ACTUAL DISTRICT, SHE'LL SEE IT LISTED. THERE S O. THAT IS STILL THERE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO CURRENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. YOU HAVE ARE OVER LAKE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDING TO REMOVE A COUPLE OF THESE, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT CENTER. REALLY DISTRICT AND THE FLOOD PLAIN.OVERLAY DISTRICT. ALSO, WE'RE KEEPING A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER DISTRICT'S THE TRADITIONAL MCKINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE. OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THOSE AIR STAYING UNCHANGED AND WE'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD IN THE CODE. LAST WE ARE PROPOSING TO COMBINE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY DISTRICT IN THE COMMERCIAL. HISTORICAL RELATE DISTRICT. THESE AIR BOTH DISTRICT'S WITHIN DOWNTOWN. BOTH RELATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WE THOUGHT. WHY DO WE NEED TO? WHY NOT JUST COMBINE THEM AND HAVE ONE MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR BEING ABLE TO LOCATE THAT. YOU COULD SEE THE MAPS WHERE WE CAN KIND OF SHOW WHERE THOSE DISTRICT'S ARE. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER.
WELL, KIND OF RUN THROUGH THOSE. BUT BEFORE YOU WANT TO DO QUESTIONS, OWN YOU REPORTED AND INTO JENNIFER, OR TAKE EVERYBODY BOTH REPORTS AND THEN THEIR QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS NOW IF YOU LIKE. WOULD HAVE A QUESTION OF AARON. HAD ONE ON YOUR LAST SLIDE RELATED TO HELL. PULL UP IF YOU HELD HELD. THIS CHANGE AFFECTS DOWNTOWN. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGE WITH DOWNTOWN OR THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MCDONALD. LOUISIANA. I GUESS DOWNTOWN WAS THE STRETCH JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN THAT. WOULD THAT AREA BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS NOW? THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
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OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. NO ONE ELSE. MISS ARNOLD EUROPE. AARON. THANK YOU. RIGHT BEFORE I START. MATT IS MATT GLOBAL IS OUR CONSULTANT WAS CLEARLY ON. HE WAS E MAILING ME NICE AND QUIETLY ABOUT HAVING TROUBLE HEARING MATT. I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE ON MEAT MUTE RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR OKAY? I CAN HEAR YOU. GREAT FOR ACTUALLY, I'M A LITTLE LOUDER THAN AARON. SO MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER. OKAY SO AARON TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SORT OF LINE UP OF THE ZONING DISTRICT THEMSELVES, AND I WANNA JUMP IN A BIT ON THE ACTUAL USES AND USE PERMISSIONS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE. WE OBVIOUSLY WON'T HAVE TIME TONIGHT TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE USE PERMISSION AND OUR NINE PAGES OF OUR SCHEDULE OF USES. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT, IF YOU LIKE, BUT FOR BREVITY IS SAKE. IT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH. THE HOPEFUL ADOPTION OF THIS CODE, SO AT YOUR LEISURE IF YOU'VE GOT TIME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, AND YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE USES, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE AND. YOU KNOW, HELP MOVE THIS DRAFT INTO A FINAL DOCUMENT, SO WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING IT IN THIS WAY, SO THAT YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO DIG INTO A USE THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PARTICULAR. S O. DO YOU ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE TALKING A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT STAFF IS SHOWING WHAT'S INCLUDED THESE AIR ALL PROPOSED RIGHT? THIS IS ALL CONSIDERED A DRAFT. WE'RE NOT COMING FORWARD AND ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF ACTION FROM ANYBODY TONIGHT. OTHER THAN JUST FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION, YOU KNOW ARE WE POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING SO THAT WE CAN REDIRECT IF WE NEED TO. SO ASKEW HERE, IT'S TALKING. WE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE SHOWING THIS REALLY? IT'S JUST A HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THROUGH OUR WORK WITH CLEARY ON THROUGH THE OUTREACH ON BUIR, PRESENTING IT NOW TO GET THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. SO. UM, WITH OUR OLIVER ZONING DISTRICT'S OBVIOUSLY THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN THEM IS AT THE HEART OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.AND SO WHAT WE SHOW UP HERE TODAY IS WHAT YOU'RE USED TO SING AND OUR SCHEDULE OF USE.
IS THERE ON THE LEFT ON DWIGHT'S PROPOSED IT WAS PART OF THE NEW CODE. REALLY FEELS AND LOOKS PRETTY DARN SIMILAR, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES IN WHAT WE THINK ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO HOW IT ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, OR I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES AND HOW WE CATEGORIZE PERMISSIONS. IN A MOMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE LAYOUT OF THAT SCHEDULE OF USES USER FRIENDLINESS WISE, WE'VE ADDED A DIRECT LINK NOW OR A HOT LINK TO THOSE USE DEFINITIONS. IN OUR CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE WE HAVE USES ON THAT SCHEDULE THAT DO NOT HAVE A CORRESPONDING DEFINITION ON DAT CAN CAUSE SOME CONFLICT FROM TIME TO TIME. AND SO WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE WITH THIS CODE OVERHAUL THAT EVERY USE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCHEDULE NOW HAS UNASSOCIATED DEFINITION FOR IT. AND ON AN ONLINE FORMAT, A USER COULD GO IN AND CLICK THAT LINK ON BE AUTOMATICALLY DIRECTED TO THAT DEFINITION. YOU CANNOT SEE IT HERE ON THIS LITTLE SCREEN SHOT, BUT ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE NEW SCHEDULE OF USES IS ALSO GOING TO BE A COLUMN CALLED ADDITIONAL STANDARDS, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP CAPTURE. SORT OF A NEW LITTLE NUANCE TO HOW WE WOULD LOOK AT PERMISSIONS FOR CERTAINLY AND USES, AND I'M A TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IN TERMS OF LAYOUT AND FUNCTION REALLY LOOKS AND FEELS A LOT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH JUST THE MINOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE THINK, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT USING MORE USER FRIENDLY. SO IN TERMS OF CHANGES TO PERMISSIONS ARE SCHEDULE OF USES STILL READS THE SAME WAY THAT IT ALWAYS DID WHEN YOU SEE THAT LETTER P. THEY'RE IN A BOX. IT MEANS THAT THAT USES PERMITTED IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. IF YOU SEE AN S IN THE BOX, JUST THE WAY WE ALL HAVE ALWAYS HAD IT.
IT MEANS THAT A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED, OR AN S. U P. ONE OF THE NEW LETTERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON OUR SCHEDULE IS A C AND IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR OR RECALL, HOW ARE MCKINNEY TOWN CENTER ZONING DISTRICT IS DOWNTOWN. HAVE SOMETHING CALLED USE, PERMITTED WITH CRITERIA AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS A NEW AND BENEFICIAL WAY TO ALLOW CERTAIN USES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. KNOWING AT ITS FLOOR. CERTAIN THINGS ARE MET. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THOSE AS I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT SCHEDULE, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE LETTERS JUST KNOW THAT THAT C MEANS. THERE'S ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR YOU TO BE ABLE
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TO DEVELOP THAT USE IN THAT SITE. IT'S NOT A DISCRETIONARY THING. IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT JUST MEANS IF YOU MEET THIS MINIMUM THRESHOLD. YOU SHOULD REASONABLY BE PERMITTED TO HAVE THAT USE ON A PARTICULAR SITE. AH GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT, AND JUMPING AHEAD. A LITTLE BIT IS LIKE A DAY CARE CENTER. A DAYCARE CENTER HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE AWAY FROM. UM CERTAIN NON RESIDENTIAL USES AND AS LONG AS YOU MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, YOU SHOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT TO DEVELOP ON A SITE WITHOUT THE NEED TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, WHICH IS A DISCRETIONARY ITEM. OKAY, SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THAT SCHEDULE OF USES, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS CLEAN UP SOME OF THESE ANTIQUATED USES OR USES THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE.FLORIST OR A BARBER OR A DRY CLEANER SHOP. THOSE CUT ALL VERY EASILY JUST BE CATEGORIZED AS RETAIL OR PERSONAL SERVICE. SOME OF THIS IS CARRY OVER FROM SORT OF THE OLD DAYS OF ZONING ORDINANCES. YOU KNOW WHAT ARE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE WAS FIRST SORT OF. MODERNIZED AND IT'S A CARRYOVER FOR THAT, AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN TODAY'S WORLD IS THOSE VERY NUANCED USES FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. REALLY AREN'T THAT HELPFUL? AND SO. SOME EXAMPLES HERE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF CONSOLIDATED WOULD INCLUDE BARBER DRY, CLEANER AND BEAUTY SALON OR ALL SPECIFIC USES ON OUR TABLE. RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE REALLY ALL THE SAME AS PERSONAL SERVICE.
IT'S THE SAME SCALE AND SCOPE OF USES. WE'RE JUST TALKING A VERY ABOUT A VERY SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF THAT PERSONAL SERVICE. CLEANING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS UP SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF USES THAT ARE SO SPECIFIC, IT BECOMES ALMOST SEGMENTED WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO APPLY THE CODE. SAME EXAMPLE FOR FOOD STORE HARDWARE STORE PAINT SALES. ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY EASILY ADJUST TO GENERAL RETAIL CATEGORY AND IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER TO READ OUR SCHEDULE OF USES AND TO MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE VERY SPECIFIC NUANCED USES. MOVING THOSE INTO THAT RETAIL CATEGORY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME NEWER USES THAT AIR OUT TODAY THAT.
WEREN'T CONTEMPLATED WITH OUR ORIGINAL CODE. THINGS LIKE A DATA CENTER, YOU KNOW, IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, DATA CENTERS WERE NOT OVERLY POPULAR. YOU KNOW, AND SO WE NOW IN OUR CURRENT CODE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC USE, AND IT IS A SEGMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL SLASH OFFICE MARKET THAT WE DO THINK WARRANTS BEING INCLUDED ON THAT SCHEDULE OF USES. MICROBREWERY WHICH WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WITHIN THE TOWN CENTER AREA HERE RECENTLY, RECEPTION OR EVENT CENTER, BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR. UM CITY FACILITIES.
GHOST KITCHENS, THESE AIR ALL SOME NEWER USES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY THAT DON'T EXIST ON OUR CODE CURRENTLY AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE CODE MAKES IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO KNOW WHERE THAT USED MAY BE PERMITTED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH. PD PROCESSOR REZONING PROCESS. WE'VE ALSO JUST AS A BLANKET ACROSS MORE OF OUR STANDARD USES OFFICE. MEDICAL OFFICE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WHERE HOUSING WE DID GO THROUGH WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, TOO. CONFIRM WHERE CERTAIN USES WERE PERMITTED UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, WHERE WE THINK THEY COULD BE PERMITTED UNDER OUR NEW CODE ON DWEEB ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN THOSE UP. I WILL TELL YOU AS WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IT WAS PROBABLY 3.5 WEEKS WORTH OF HOURS LONG MEETINGS TO EVALUATE WHAT OUR CURRENT CODE ALLOWS FOR. SOME OF THOSE USES. WHAT ARE SISTER CITIES ALLOW WHAT BEST PRACTICES WITH WORK THROUGH CLARY ON. HAS RECOMMENDED AND WHERE WE ULTIMATELY FELL. WE RECOGNIZE THAT USE PERMISSIONS IS AT THE HEART OF OUR ZONING CODE. AND SO GETTING THAT SCHEDULE OF USES RIGHT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITHOUT. WE NEED TO MODERNIZE THAT SCHEDULE WITHOUT INADVERTENTLY, YOU KNOW, STRIPPING AWAY USE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INTENDED AND SO WE WERE VERY DELIBERATE ON REFLECTING WHAT WAS PROPOSED. VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE. SISTER CITIES MARKET BEST PRACTICES TO ENSURE THAT WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO HIT THAT RIGHT MARK AND THE RIGHT MARKET. ASSOCIATED WITH THAT I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT DEFINITIONS NOW SO AGAIN WITH OUR CURRENT CODE NOT EVER USE HAS A DEFINITION WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND ADDED THOSE DEFINITIONS. WITH THE HELP OF CLARY ON. BORROWING IF YOU WILL ARE LOOKING TO SOME OF OUR SISTER CITIES AND BEST PRACTICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEFINITIONS CAPTURE WHAT THOSE USES INTEND TO CAPTURE AND THEY ARE NOW FULLY INCLUDED IN THE ZONING CODE. WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED WITH THAT SORT OF TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THESE USES THAT ARE ON LEE, A HAIR DIFFERENT AND IF THEY ARE A HAIR DIFFERENCE. DOES THAT
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MATTER LIKE DID WAS THAT A NECESSARY THING? OR SHOULD IT BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE USE? I WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE IN ITS HERE UPON THE SCREEN. WE HAVE SEVERAL AUTO RELATED USES OUR AUTO REPAIR RELATED USES IN OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE. SERVICE STATION AUTO REPAIR, GARAGE AUTO PAINTING HER BODY SHOP AUTOMOBILE, MOTORCYCLE BOAT SAILS REPAIR STORAGE. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE SEEN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS COME THROUGH AND BECAUSE THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY DEFINITION FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO BE CONSISTENT OVER TIME. WITH WHEN SOMETHING FALLS UNDER WHICH CATEGORY? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SERVICE STATION AND AN AUTO REPAIR SLASH GARAGE? IT'S A VERY NUANCED TO CHANGE AND SO.PART OF MODERNIZING THE SCHEDULE OF USES IS ALSO MODERNIZING THOSE DEFINITIONS AND CONSOLIDATING AND UPDATING THEM SO THAT THEY MAKE MORE SENSE. THEY ARE. EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. THEY'RE EASIER TO ADMINISTER AS A DEVELOPER OR RESIDENT LOOKING AT IT. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING WHEN THEY'RE READING IT. AND SEW A SUPRA POSED FOR ALL OF THESE AUTO RELATED. OUR AUTO REPAIR RELATED USES. YOU CAN SEE THAT EXAMPLE IT'S NOW CATEGORIZES MAJOR VERSUS MINOR. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE AWAY FROM THIS WHOLE NUANCED. IT'S A BODY SHOP. NO IT'S JUST AUTO REPAIR. WAIT. NO, IT'S A SERVICE CENTER.
REALLY THE CATEGORY OF CHANGES. HOW IMPACTFUL IS THAT IN TERMS OF ITS SCALE AND SCOPE OF WORK? AND SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CLEANUP THAT WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO. AND AGAIN, I'VERNIZED, BUT IN MY OP, I DO THINK IT HELPS TO MODERNIZE DEFINITIONS AND USABILITY OF THE CODE. OKAY, SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT OF BEFORE ABOUT THAT NEW SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE SCHEDULE OF USES, AND THAT IS A USE PERMITTED BY CRITERIA. THIS IS THAT EXAMPLE THAT I JUMPED THE GUN ON EARLIER FOR A DAY CARE CENTER. SO AGAIN, A DAY CARE CENTER MAY NOT BE PERMITTED IN EVERY DISTRICT JUST BY RIGHT BY SAYING THAT PEE ON YOUR SCHEDULE, BUT CERTAIN CONDITIONS WOULD NEED TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT AND THAT'S WHERE THAT C COMES IN. SO YOU COULD SEE THE EXAMPLE HERE. UM THAT THE SEA CRITERIA FOR A DAY CARE CENTER IN ANY GIVEN DISTRICT WHERE THAT SEE OCCURS, NO PORTION OF THAT DAY CARE CENTER COULD BE LOCATED WITHIN 300 FT. THE GASOLINE PUMP OR UNDERLYING UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE TANK OR ANY OTHER STORAGE AREA FOR EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS. AND I'M GONNA LOOK AT MATT GLOBAL ON THE PHONE JUST TO CONFIRM BUT. THAT ZOO, STATE OR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT CITY MCKINNEY IS MADE UP, BUT ENSURING THAT THAT'S MET IN CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICT'S THAT USE MAY ONLY BE PERMITTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANOTHER USE SO OFFICE ON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. DAYCARE CENTER COULD BE PERMITTED SO LONG AS IT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN OFFICE BUILDING. SO REALLY TRYING TO REMOVE A LAYER OF POTENTIALLY UNNECESSARY. DISCRETION OR BUREAUCRACY ALMOST TO KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE WILLING TO MEET THESE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAN YOU WOULD BE PERMITTED BY, RIGHT, JUST BY WAY OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE STANDARDS AS THEY ARE WRITTEN. A LOT OF TIMES WE GET SOME OF THESE REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH AND THEY'RE FORCED THROUGH THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT ALWAYS BE NECESSARY. WE COULD DO THIS SEE CONDITIONAL OR. CRITERIA BASED PERMISSION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT MINIMUM STANDARD WITHOUT THE NEED TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND CONSIDERATIONS. OF COURSE, THERE IS ALWAYS STILL A NEED FOR THAT S U P THERE, MAYBE LOCATIONS WHERE THAT CAN THAT CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE DISCRETIONARY. IT NEEDS TO BE THAT. IF SOMEBODY IS COMING FORWARD AND ASKING FOR A DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT ON ATTRACT THAT IS ZONED AND DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL THAT PERHAPS AN S U P IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO SO THAT THERE CAN BE SOME DISCRETION GIVEN TO HOW THAT SITE IS INTERACTING WITH YOU, JASON SITES AND SO A ZOO WITH THIS NEW CODE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY STILL PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN THAT S U P PROCESS. WE ARE PROPOSING A RECOMMENDING TO CLEAN UP THAT EVALUATION CRITERIA OF IT. S SO THAT IT IS A BIT MORE SPECIFIC TO THE S. U P AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN, FOR EXAMPLE, A CARWASH AT MINIMUM ALL S UPS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THOSE THREE CRITERIA. BUT THERE ARE SOME S U. P S THAT MAY HAVE AN ADDED CRITERIA FOR REVIEW. THINK AN INDOOR GUN RANGE IS ONE OF THOSE SO AT MINIMUM FOREIGN STP AS A STAFF AS A COMMISSIONER'S AND AS A COUNCIL. WE'LL BE RECOMMENDING IT BASED ON THOSE THREE CRITERIA, PLUS WHATEVER ADDITIONAL CRITERIA IS SPELLED OUT FOR THAT SCP FOR THAT PARTICULAR USE. OKAY, MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER KIND OF STRANGER
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USES, I SUPPOSE FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW WE HAVE OUR USES AND OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT THE CITY ALSO HAS A CHAPTER 1 38, WHICH IS SPECIAL USE AND REGULATIONS. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THESE. UM, HEAVIER HITTING USES AND ITEMS, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD WE FEEL STILL BELONG IN THAT CHAPTER 1 38. BUT THERE ARE SOME USES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND INTEGRATING INTO THE ZONING CODE BECAUSE. IT IS THE PLACE WHERE USES IN DISTRICT'S REALLY BELONGS IN THE ZONING CODE, SO I'M JUST THROUGH HERE. MIGRATING BED AND BREAKFAST, DONATION COLLECTION CONTAINERS AND PRIVATE CLUBS. IS CURRENTLY SIT OUTSIDE OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE GET MOVED INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE SO THAT THEY COULD BE GOVERNED AS SUCH, BUT THINGS LIKE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, MOBILE HOMES, OIL AND NATURAL GAS. FOOD TRUCKS, OPERATIONS AND FOOD TRUCK COURTS WOULD REMAIN IN THAT CHAPTER 1 38 BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED THAN WHAT MAY BE NEEDED IN OUR ZONING CODE. SO I'M GONNA STOP THERE ON BASKET FUEL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO THE USES USE PERMISSIONS DEFINITIONS. MANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS. I MEAN, I THINK. RUIN GOOD, JENNIFER. OKAY, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO LAST SECTION UM. AND MATT SIMON QUIETLY ON THE PHONE. I KNOW THAT AS WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSITION STRATEGY, I MAY ASK HIM TO KIND OF CHIME IN AND ASSIST A BIT ARE GIVING SOME HISTORY INSIDE ON OTHER PROJECTS HE'S WORKED ON SO. IS, AARON SAID. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS NEW LINE OF THE DISTRICT'S AND THE NEW DEFINITIONS ON BYU'S PERMISSIONS, THOSE ARE THE NEW DISTRICT'S IN THE STAND ALONE.WE DO STILL HAVE THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE ROLL OVER OUR EXISTING ZONING CODE? OUR EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT'S INTO THIS NEW. DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. AND BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THAT, I DO WANT TO SORT OF REMIND US WHAT OUR CURRENT ZONING CODES LOOK LIKE. SO PRIOR TO 2014. THIS WAS THE LINEUP OF ZONING DISTRICT IN THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE. IN 2000 AND 14. WE DID GO THROUGH A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT UPDATE TO THE ZONING CODE, AND WE CREATED NEW MODERN ZONING DISTRICT'S. I MEAN, WHAT YOU SEE ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THAT SCREEN EVERYTHING, AND GRAY AND GREEN ARE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER ACTIVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT PEOPLE CAN REZONE TO AT ANY POINT IN TIME, BUT THINGS SHOWING UP ON THAT TABLE THAT ARE IN RED OR WHAT WE CALL THE LEGACY ZONING DISTRICT. IT'S STILL ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE STILL PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THAT ZONING IN PLACE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT. BUT ANY REZONING THAT HAS OCCURRED POST 2014 THOSE LEGACY ZONING DISTRICT'S YOU AREN'T ABLE TO REZONE TOO. SO. AGAIN. THEY'RE ON THE BOOKS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE AND THAT PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER REZONE TO THEM. SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ULTIMATELY HAVE IS WHEN WE MOVE TO A NEW CODE. DO WE LAYER A NEW SET OF VOTING DISTRICT'S.
ON TOP OF THESE, OR DO WE TRY TO INTEGRATE OUR TRANSITION? THESE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT'S TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW ZONING CODE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT AARON AND I SAT AND COUNT EN COUNTED. HOW MANY'S OWNING DISTRICT'S WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW IN ITS 41.
SO WHEN WE HAVE 41 TODAY, IF WE JUST LAY HER A NEW SET OF ZONING DISTRICT'S ON TOP OF THAT WE THEN WOULD END UP WITH. 60, SOME ODD ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH CAN BE KIND OF CUMBERSOME FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT THEIR SOME PROS AND CONS TO THAT FOR SURE, BUT OUR GOAL WOULD BE ULTIMATELY TO TRY AND FIND A BETTER WAY TO ROLL OVER IT OR INTEGRATE HE'S EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE NEW ONES. SO WITH THAT, UM YES, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS LIKE FIRST. SO WITH THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS TRYING TO MATCH UP THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT'S TO THE NEW ONES. AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE MOST MOST CLOSELY RELATED EQUIVALENT IS FOR THEM. SO I USED THAT EXAMPLE OF THE S F FIVE ZONING DISTRICT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS TODAY. WE HAVE S A FIVE AND RS 60. HISTORICALLY IN THE CITY MCKINNEY, THOSE ARE OUR MOST COMMONLY USED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THOSE WOULD MOST MOST CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE NEW ARE FIVE ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WHAT ARE OUR EXISTING DISTRICT'S? HOW DO THEY? HOW COULD THEY ROLL INTO THE NEW DISTRICT? THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK WAS TO TRY AND BE MORE PERMISSIVE WITH THAT ROLL OVER AND NOT MORE RESTRICTIVE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RS 72 ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS TODAY WOULD ROLL OVER TO THE R 6.5, WHICH ACTUALLY WOULD REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT
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SIZES, WHICH IS. OBVIOUSLY SEEN AS A BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SO ARE AR AR LENS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT ROLL OVER CONSOLIDATION WITH HOW DO WE GET IT IS CLOSELY ALIGN. IT'S POSSIBLE WHILE BEING AS BENEFICIAL AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT WE WANT FOLKS TO SEE BENEFIT IN THE NEW CODE. WE WANT TO MAKE IT DESIRABLE FOR THEM TO USE. WE WANT TO MAKE IT DESIRABLE FOR THEM TO FEEL LIKE IT'S A POSITIVE CHANGE FOR THEM AND THEIR PROPERTY AND THE CITY'S CODES OVERALL. SO HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE CODE? SO I'M GONNA SKIP THAT SIDE REAL QUICK. THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR CURRENT CODE. WE HAVE A DISTRICT COMPARISON TABLE. AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT DISTRICT COMPARISON TABLE JUST LIKE I'VE GOT HERE. ON BEARS SOME OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS WELL. WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT. ONE OPTION WOULD BE THAT THESE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS TODAY STAY ON THE BOOKS. JUST THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THEM NOW. BUT THE STANDARDS AND THEY USE PERMISSIONS LAYERED UNDERNEATH THEM WOULD MODERNIZE TO THE NEW ONES. THIS IS SEEN AS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE MODIFIED THE RESIDENTIAL USE ALLOWANCES AND SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT'S THOSE WERE CONSIDERED A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE. WE WERE NOT REZONING ANYBODY'S PROPERTY PROPERTY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL STATE ZONE FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT THEY USE PERMISSIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THOSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, SCOTT MODIFIED THROUGH THAT TEXT AMENDMENT.AND THAT IS ONE APPROACH THAT COULD BE TAKEN WITH THIS NEW CODE, WHERE THOSE ZONING DISTRICT'S AND THOSE PROPERTIES MAINTAIN THEIR ZONING. BUT THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND USE PERMISSIONS UNDERNEATH THEM WOULD ROLL TOO. A NEW MODERN VERSION OF THE CODE AGAIN, TEXTING HIM AN OPTION. THIS WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANY REZONING OF PROPERTIES WOULDN'T REQUIRE ANY SORT OF MAP AMENDMENT TO THE CODE. THERE ARE DEFINITELY PROS AND CONS TO BOTH TO THAT, AND THE OTHER OPTION IS TO DO A TRUE MATH AMENDMENT. AND THIS WOULD TO THIS WOULD BE TO ACTIVELY REZONE PROPERTIES TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NEW CODE. SO INSTEAD OF MODERNIZING OR OR. UPDATING THE PERMISSIONS FORGIVEN ZONING DISTRICT. THAT PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY BE REZONED TO THE NEW MODERN ZONING DISTRICT. SO AH, PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED S F FIVE. WOULD BE GIVEN NOTICE GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND BE REZONED TO THE NEW MODERN ARE FIVE ZONING DISTRICT PROS AND CONS TO THAT LOTS OF HAIR, TOO, THAT EVEN THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT. UNDERTAKING TO DO AND I KNOW I TALKED ABOUT MATT BEING ON THE PHONE. HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND HOW THESE HAVE BEEN WORKED THROUGH WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES. BUT THOSE ARE DEFINITELY SOME DECISION POINTS THAT WERE. NEEDING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF FEEL FLAVOR AND DIRECTION ON SO THAT AS WE START TO PROGRESS TOWARDS THE CONSOLIDATED CODE AND HOPEFULLY TO AN ADOPTION POINT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR EARLY NEXT YEAR. WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NOW, HAVING SAID THAT WE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT AND OUR GOAL WITH THE NEW CODE IS TO MAKE IT MORE DESIRABLE BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY IN THE UPDATE PROCESS, BUT I GUESS I'LL CALL IT A RELIEF VALVE. IF YOU WILL. I'M OR AN APPEAL TO THE NEW CODE, SO I'LL GO BACK HERE. WHETHER WE LOOK AT OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, WHETHER WE LOOK AT EITHER ONE OF THOSE TRANSITION STRATEGY OPTIONS WE RECOGNIZE THAT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS MAY STILL HAVE, UM. UH A GRIEVANCE OR AN APPEAL OR A CONCERN WITH THE CHANGE IN THEIR PROPERTY, AND SO WE WANTED TO ALSO PAY TRIBUTE TO THAT AS PART OF THIS CODE UPDATE AND ONE OF TWO THINGS OR A COUPLE OF WAYS FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PARTICIPATE OR VOICE. THOSE CONCERNS ARE ON THE SCREEN NOW. ONE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF THIS UPDATE PROCESS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS. SPEAKING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, CITING THE CONCERNS, WORKING WITH STAFF SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT THE IMPACT IS THAT IT'S CAUSING THAT CONCERN AND. YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, OR HOPEFULLY ADDRESS IT THROUGH THE CODE UPDATE. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD BE WHAT WE CONSIDER POSTCODE UPDATE AND I'LL CALL IT A RELIEF VALVE OR AN APPEAL. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A FORMAL TERM PORT NOW, BUT IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROPERTY OWNER WHO FEELS AGGRIEVED BY THE ZONING CODE CHANGE. TO APPEAL THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, HEY, MIKE, I WAS S F FIVE. MY STANDARDS FOR US TO FIVE CHANGED AND I DON'T LIKE IT. I WANT A DIFFERENT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP UNDER THE OLD CODE. CITY COUNCIL I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GRANT THIS APPEAL OR WHAT? THIS RELIEF FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP. ENTER THAT OLD CODE, IT WOULD GIVE THEM AN
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OPPORTUNITY. I THINK. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE IS A BENEFIT TO THAT IS IT ALLOWS THE NEW CODE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHILE STILL PAYING SORT OF TRIBUTE TO RESPECT TO PROPERTY OWNER TO MATE MAY HAVE LEGITIMATE ISSUE OUR CONCERN OR PROBLEM WITH THAT NEW CODE AS AN INDEPENDENT, SO ALLOWS THE NEW CODE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S THE KIND OF MARRIES THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL. A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE HAD OUR QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD POSE TUR ALL IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE APPEALS.SO. WHETHER OR NOT THAT STANDS FOR FOREVER MORE OR IF IT'S SOMEONE YOUR WINDOW OR TWO YEAR WINDOW WHERE SOMEBODY CAN COME IN AND REQUEST THAT APPEAL. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DESIRABLE. THAT IT NOT BE A MIXED BAG SORT OF APPEAL PROCESS. SO, IN ESSENCE, SOMEBODY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY HEY, I WANT THESE PIECES OF THE NEW CODE, BUT I WANT THIS PIECE OF THE OLD CODE. YOU EITHER DEVELOP WITH THE NEW CODE OR YOU DEVELOP WITH THE OLD CODE, AND IF NEITHER OF THOSE WORK THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TRUE REZONE ON YOUR PROPERTY. BUT THE MIXED BAG APPROACH I THINK COULD POTENTIALLY BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE BECAUSE. KIND OF GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. WHEN REALLY THE GOAL IS THAT WE MAKE A WHOLE CELL IMPROVEMENT, OR WE ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT YOU THINK INVESTOR RIGHTS THAT YOU THINKING YOU'RE HAVING YOUR PROPERTY WITH CURRENT. DON'T THINK SO. IT'S A LOT OF TALK ON THE TRANSITION STRATEGY, AND THAT REALLY IS WHERE WE END FOR TODAY, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A BIG POINT OF QUESTION ALL ALONG, AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO IS IT WITH YOU ALL AGAIN? MATT GLOBAL WITH CLEAR ROUNDS ON THE PHONE AS WELL. SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS, GENERICALLY FOR HIM, HE'S HAPPY TO HELP IT INTO THOSE. I'M GONNA STOP TALKING NOW QUESTIONS. COMMENTS SO JUST DRIFT THROUGH THE STATIC CURIOSITY ON THIS TRANSITION. IF I REMEMBER. A YEAR AGO WHEN THIS PROCESS STARTED THINK THEY WERE DENTON, ARLINGTON, SOME OTHER TEXAS CITIES. WHAT WAS THE TRANSITION BEEN IN? JUST TEXAS CITIES, NOT MORE OR LESS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT FOR RIGHTS. YOU KNOW WHAT TRAINS HOW THOSE TRANSITIONS WORKED IN ARLINGTON, DENTYNE, ETCETERA. MATT, CAN YOU HEAR THAT? I CAN'T AND I CAN JUMP IN JENNIFER. I'LL TALK ABOUT DEATH THAT MOST RECENT EXAM. IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PLACE THAT DECIDED TO GO WITH WHAT JENNIFER WAS CALLING OPTION TWO ON HER SLIDE, WHICH WAS THE MORE I THINK, SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE MORE AMBITIOUS OF THEM MORE AGGRESSIVE SLIDE. WHERE THEY WENT, AND THEY DECIDED. CLEAN UP THE ZONING MAP. AT THE SAME TIME IS THE ZONING CODE. AND SO THEY DECIDED TO RETIRE ALL THE OLD ZONING DISTRICT NAMES ON THE MAP. IT'S THE MAP FULLY REFLECT THE NEW LIST OF DISTRICTS IN THE CODE. NOW WHEN THEY DID THAT THEY MADE THAT DECISION, RECOGNIZING THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND A LOT OF JUST COMMUNICATION TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT. THEY COMMITTED TO CITYWIDE NOTIFICATION. THEY NOTIFIED EVERYONE. WHAT'S THERE? THEY'RE OLD ZONING WOZ WHAT THEIR NEW ZONING WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD.
THEY HAD A VERY SIMPLE INTERFACE THAT THEY PUT. WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO IN AND SEE WHAT THEIR PRIOR ZONING CLASS FURTHER. THAT MAKES ME HOW THAT CHANGED. HE DID A SERIES OF ETHNIC USE. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT KIND OF EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE DISTRICT CONVERSIONS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THEY GAVE PEOPLE AN OPTION TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS. THESE COMMAND. WE LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU OR OR PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL. HAD STAFFERS THAT DID SOME DEDICATED OFFICE HOURS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD NUMBER. RIGHT, FORGETTING. QUESTIONS, BUT THE NUMBERS TAPERED OFF PRETTY FAST. BECAUSE PEOPLE STARTED TO REALIZE THAT THE TRANSITION THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. WE'RE NOT THAT FOR MATT. THEY ALMOST ALWAYS RESULTED IN MORE USES BEING ALLOWED OR MORE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. IF THAT WAS THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND REWRITING THE CODE WAS. ALL OF THOSE CONSOLIDATIONS WERE MOVING TOWARDS MORE FLEXIBILITY. THE SAME THEMES THAT AARON JENNIFER TALKED ABOUT SO FAR WITH THE MCKINNEY CODE. ALL THE CONSOLIDATIONS AIR BEING DESIGNED TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE FLEXIBILITY, MORE CLARITY, AND SO. PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN THEY HURT. REZONING WERE. ON PURPOSE FOR NEW NAMES WERE OUT THERE. BUT THEN WHEN THEY HEARD THAT THERE WASN'T MUCH SUBSTANCE THAT THEY BECAME VERY CLOSE. THAT WAS THE DENT IN APPROACH. IT JUST KIND OF DECIDED ADVICE. A BULLET. PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, WHICH DID COST HIM SOME MONEY, BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY THEY WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH DOING THAT BECAUSE IT ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE FINAL ZONING CODE THAT MATCHED THEIR NEW ZONING MAP. IS THERE
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CASE LAW? IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. YEAH. WELL THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S LAWS THAT REQUIRED NATION OF A PROPERTY. REZONING IS BEING PROPOSED. AND WHEN YOU GET TO THIS LEVEL OF NAME, DIFFERENT CITY ATTORNEY SO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON WHETHER THAT CONSTITUTES OF. SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES NOTIFICATION. IF YOU'RE DOING A LEGISLATIVE REZONING OF OUR COMMUNITY SO PLACES LIKE DENTON. THAT CITY ATTORNEY YOU KNOW, WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE. WE'RE COMPLYING WITH TEXAS LAW NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT REZONING. SHOULD DO A CITYWIDE. ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DID NOT. THANK YOU. YOU DO VERSION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF LOVE OF TAPES. YEAH. THE ATTORNEY FROM IT'S NOT A BIG ENOUGH DEAL TOE REQUIRE THAT NOTIFICATION. OTHER TIMES THEY SAY. WELL, IT IS. THEY'RE GONNA KILL. YEAH, I'LL TRY AND JUST REAL QUICKLY. SO A TEXT AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING CODE WOULD NOT REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATION, IT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE THAT LEGAL NOTICE IN THE PAPER GREAT EXAMPLE IS THE ZONING CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO PARKING HERE RECENTLY. THAT WAS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE NOTIFICATION OF PROPERTY OWNERS AGAIN. WE WOULD JUST FOLLOW THAT THAT LEGAL NOTICING REQUIREMENT WITH AND THAT'S A VERY SMALL RIGHT. VERY SMALL EXAMPLE OF A TEXT AMENDMENT. THIS IS A VERY LARGE SCALE AMENDMENT. S O. IF THE OPTION WAS THE DIRECTION WAS TO PURSUE THE TEXT AMENDMENT AS OPPOSED TO A CATEGORICAL REZONING, YOU WOULD DEFINITELY SAID, SEE SOME ADDED LAYERS OF OUTREACH JUST LIKE WHAT MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT. OFFICE HOURS, I THINK USE YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO ENSURE THAT WHILE IT'S A TEXT AMENDMENT, THERE IS WIDESPREAD NOTIFICATION THAT THAT TEXT AMENDMENTS HAPPENING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT ONE RIGHT. IT'S NOT. JUST MODIFYING A FEW PARKING RATIOS. HERE.THERE GREATEST, IT'S SIGNAL. FORCEFUL. YEAH. WHAT ELSE? JENNIFER, UM. CITY INITIATED REZONING IS. HAS HAS BEEN A TOUGH CONVERSATION. AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES, OUR CITY STAFF CONSULTANTS IN CITY ATTORNEYS WHO WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY FIX. IF THE CONSULTANT AND THE STAFF WERE IN A ROOM. AND MAKE THE DECISION TO PUT THIS IN THE DOCUMENT AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND. THERE ARE SUCH THINGS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS. THERE ARE WAYS. TO NOTIFY AND YET NOT NOTIFYING SO I WOULD CAUTION YOU AND CLARY ON. IN IN REALLY PUSHING WITH THIS IS THE CITY INITIATED REZONE OF ONE'S PROPERTY. CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE HE WAS. THAT'S WHY HE'S TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADDED LAYER OF OUTRAGE. IT'S MORE THAN JUST THAT LEGAL NOTICE, AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST.
HOSTING A LITTLE THING ON THE WEBSITE. IT IS TRUE NOTIFICATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE WERE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THAT POTENTIAL APPEAL PROCESS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY THAT MRS IT OR DOESN'T SEE IT OR IT WASN'T ON THEIR RADAR BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THEIR SIGHT. BUT NOW A YEAR LATER THEY ARE AND THEY REALIZE THAT THIS CHANGE HAS HAPPENED. STILL GIVING I CALL IT THAT RELIEF VALVE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TOL WORRY ABOUT HAVING TO GO UP AGAINST. YOU KNOW THE CITY, YOUR CITY STAFF FOR A REZONING. THEY CAN JUST APPEAL. HEY THIS CHANGE HAPPENED DIDN'T REALIZE IT WHEN IT DID, BUT I DON'T LIKE IT FOR X Y AND Z. I WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN MY ABILITY, DEVELOPMENT OF MY OLD ZONING, SO WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN ATTEMPT TO HELP. MARRY THE TWO BUT ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT POINT AND SHARE THE SAME CONCERNS. IT'S AN ATTEMPT ONCE THE CITY INITIATES THE FORCE TO REZONE OF ONE'S PROPERTY. YOU STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. YOU'RE FORCING THEM. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I JUST CAUTION YOU ON RIGHT A WRONG THAT ON HOW THAT PROCESS IS CARRIED OUT IS BETTER THAN OUT. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. WHAT ELSE? OKAY 32ND WRAP UP. I PROMISE. JUST WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. AARON SHOWED THIS SLIDE ALREADY. WE ARE DOING OUTREACH ON USES AND DISTRICT'S RIGHT NOW INTERNALLY WITH THE STAFF OF CONSULTANT TEAM, WE'RE JUMPING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS REVIEW, SO. THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU SEE US BEFORE YOU FORMALLY WILL LIKELY BE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. IF WE'RE HERE BEFORE THAT IT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC USES THAT AARON WAS DISCUSSING PLAN DEVELOPMENT
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DISTRICT'S MULTI FAMILY, ETCETERA. UM I'LL SKIP THROUGH THIS, UH, JUST NOTE THAT WE'VE GOT THE WEBSITE. ALL THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON ONLINE. WE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION ALSO TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN TWO WEEKS, AS WELL AS MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, A WEEK AFTER THAT, SO OUR GOAL IS TO SORT OF MAKE THIS AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY THROUGH THESE FORMAL PRESENTATIONS, BUT ALSO OUTREACH EFFORTS ONLINE THROUGH THAT ONLINE SURVEY. ON DUST FEEDBACK THERE WERE ABLE TOGETHER, SO WITH THAT I AM ALL DONE. ANYTHING FOR MR ARNOLD. I THINK. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. ANYONE HERE? WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TONIGHT. RUN ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. WE DO[ADJOURN]
NEED EMOTION. TO ADJOURN. HUH? KIRK IN ALL MOVES. WE ADJOURNED. MR MAN'S I SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE, THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. 65 55 AND WE ARE GERMAN FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.