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AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 5:30 P.M. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ROLL CALL. ZULIMA ESCOBIDO PRESENT. DWIGHT WAGNER PRESENT. ROSALIND TORVILL PRESENT. WE NEED TO GET[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
A AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. I SO MOVED. SECOND, IT'S BEEN SO MOVED. AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. I ANY QUESTIONS? MOVED. UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NONE. NEW[VI. NEW BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION)]
BUSINESS. MISS ARIES, IT'S AR26-10A REPLAT REQUESTED. YES, MA'AM. CASE NUMBER R 2610. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A REEF PLAZA LLC. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3300 JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD, JK, JK PARCEL NUMBER 400899. AND THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REPLAT OF A PLAZA LOT C-1 CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. NEW TRACK NAMES. TRACK C-1-A AND C-1-B REPLAT OF ALL OF TRACK C-1A REEF PLAZA, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE MULTIDIMENSIONAL. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 2.263 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 35 DISTRICT. THE ABUTTING ZONES NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DIVIDE ONE TRACT INTO TWO NEW TRACKS FOR EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLAY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND MARCH 9TH, 2026, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DIVIDE ONE TRACT INTO TWO NEW TRACKS FOR EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL. ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2026, FIVE NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PNC PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, APRIL 6TH. AND THAT IS ALL. COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, MISS ARIES. YES. ARE THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR THIS REPLAT. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS? REPLAT OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AGAINST THIS? REPLAT. ANYONE AGAINST THE REPLAT. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION. DOCTOR. THIS IS THE AREA, I THINK WHERE TIO JUANITA USED TO BE IN THAT AREA WHERE THEY HAVE THIS. YES, SIR. BUSINESSES? YES, SIR. IS HE EXPECTING TO ADD TO THIS WITH THE VERBIAGE SAYING FUTURE COMMERCIAL, I'M PRETTY SURE HE WILL BE ADDING MORE BUSINESSES, BUT SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS ON ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS AS OF YET.OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT REPLANT IS R26-11. YES, MA'AM. CASE NUMBER R 26 DASH 11. PROPERTY OWNER JOSE BECERRA THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS 8255 AND 8273 SOUTH KILANI. JC. PARCEL NUMBER 101024, AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY'S ETJ.
THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN THE SHAMROCK ACRES ADDITION. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING PART OF LOT 36 SHAMROCK ACRES, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAME TRACKS 30 6-8 AND 30 6-B, PART OF LOT 36 SHAMROCK ACRES, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE MULTIDIMENSIONAL. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 1.185 ACRE OF LAND AND THE CURRENT ZONING.
AGAIN. COMMISSIONERS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY'S ETJ, SO ANYTHING THREE MILES OUTSIDE OF OUR PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, EVEN IF IT'S IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, WE DO HANDLE THE REPLAY CASES FOR THEM. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DIVIDE PART OF LOT ONE INTO TWO TRACKS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE
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OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND MARCH 9TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DIVIDE PART OF LOT ONE INTO TWO TRACKS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. ON MARCH 16TH, 2026, TEN NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER, A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, APRIL 6TH, 2026. AND AS OF THIS MORNING, WE DO HAVE ONE LETTER OF OPPOSITION THAT I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD WHEN IT'S TIME FOR. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ON ON THE COMMISSIONER'S. SO A QUESTION. SO THEY'RE NOT CHANGING THE USE. THEY'RE JUST DIVIDING THE LOT. YES, MA'AM. FOR TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH IS THAT IS THAT LIKE CAN IT BE DONE? BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT THE COMPLAINT IS GOING TO BE. YES, MA'AM. IT CAN BE DONE. IT CAN BE DONE. OKAY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THIS ADDITION IS LOCATED. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF SHAMROCK ADDITIONS. THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN OUR ETJ. AND AGAIN, SO WE HAVE OUR OWN BOUNDARY LINE. ONCE WE DEAL WITH ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN A THREE MILE FROM THREE MILES FROM OUR BOUNDARY LINE GOING INTO BEAUMONT. SO ANYTHING WITHIN THAT THREE MILES, WE HANDLE THE REPORTS AND EVERYTHING FOR THEM. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE ZONING MAP FOR IT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S LOCATED IN OUR ETJ. WHAT IS IT CLOSE TO? I THINK IT'S BEHIND THE AIRPORT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS BEHIND THE AIRPORT. YES, MA'AM.THANK YOU. YES, SIR. NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. OKAY. WE DID WE DID GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A RIDE AROUND AND DRIVE AROUND. AND AGAIN, THE PLAT DOES MEET CITY, CITY AND STATE STANDARDS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WAS A LITTLE GATED COMMUNITY AND FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, OR MAYBE IT WAS IT WAS A GATED COMMUNITY, RIGHT? YEAH. THE PROPERTY IS IN THE GATED COMMUNITY, BUT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND AND IT ALIGNS WITH EVERYTHING. DO THEY PAY TAXES, PROPERTY TAXES TO BEAUMONT, TO NEDERLAND, TO PORT ARTHUR? DO YOU KNOW, I AM UNAWARE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT MY HOUSE. NO, SIR. THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PROPERTIES BACK IN THAT AREA THAT COME FORTH AND THEY WANT TO REPLAY. I DON'T WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING ON IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT PAYING THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR EVERYTHING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOME OF THOSE PLACES ARE PAYING NEDERLAND SCHOOL TAXES. SO DO THEY FALL IN THAT CATEGORY? WELL, I DON'T I'M UNSURE OF WHO PAYS WHAT TAXES. I AM AWARE OF THAT. ANYTHING, ANYTHING OR ANY PROPERTY IS THREE MILES FROM OUR BOUNDARY. WE HANDLE THE PLANTS AND PLANTS AS FAR AS FAR AS TAXES AND THINGS GO. THAT'S NOT MY EXPERT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE CAN FIND OUT. BUT MY FOCUS IS JUST THE REPLAY ITSELF. SO IS THAT WHY THEY HAVE JC ON THE PAPERWORK? TJ BECAUSE IT'S IN THE IN THAT DISTRICT. YEAH. THREE MILES OUTSIDE OF OUR BOUNDARY. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS REPLAY? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS REPLAY? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AGAINST THIS REPLAY? I DO HAVE ONE LETTER. OKAY. MISS IRIS HAS A LETTER. YES, MA'AM. THIS LETTER IS FROM BRITAIN. JONES. TO WHOM? TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I AM WRITING TO FORMALLY EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REPLAT OF JC PARCEL NUMBER 101024, SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE APRIL 6TH, 2026 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. I HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVING GROWN UP HERE, AND I CURRENTLY OWN A PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT. TRACKED AS BOTH A LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER AND NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER, I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN PRESERVING THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF THIS AREA. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEFINED BY LARGER RESIDENTIAL LOTS, MOST COMMONLY ONE ACRE OR MORE. THAT ESTABLISHED PATTERN IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE AREA'S IDENTITY, CONTRIBUTING TO ITS SPACING, PRIVACY, DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PROPOSED REPLAT, WHICH WOULD DIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO TWO SMALLER LOTS FOR TWO SMALLER TRACTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PREVAILING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, AND WOULD INTRODUCE A LEVEL OF DENSITY THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. BEYOND COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS, APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST MAY SET A PRECEDENT FOR FURTHER SUBDIVISION SIMILARLY SIZED LOTS, GRADUALLY ALTERING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TIME. INCREMENTAL CHANGES OF THIS NATURE CAN BE LASTING IMPACTS ON PROPERTY VALUES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND, AND
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NEIGHBORHOOD COHESION. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY WITH THE EXISTING LOT CONFIGURATION, AND TO DENY THIS REPLAT REQUEST IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE ESTABLISHED CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. RESPECTFULLY, BRITTEN JONES.AND THAT'S ALL, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. MISS HARRIS, WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING IT? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST REPORT. THAT CASE NUMBER R26-12. YES, MA'AM. CASE NUMBER R 26 DASH 12. PROPERTY OWNER JO O'KEEFE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GULFWAY AND JEFFERSON DRIVE JC, PARCEL NUMBER 72932, AND THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAY IN THE PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING. ALL OF TRACK FIVE A BLOCK THREE RANGE F, PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAME TRACK C1-CA AND C1-CBA REPLAT OF ALL TRACK C ONE PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO DIVIDE ONE TRACK INTO TWO NEW TRACKS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLAY WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND MARCH 9TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO DIVIDE ONE TRACK INTO TWO NEW TRACKS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON MARCH 16TH, 2026, SIX NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER, A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PNC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, APRIL 6TH, 2026. AND THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD ONE. THIS IS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GULFWAY AND JEFFERSON DRIVE. ISN'T THAT THE FAMILY DOLLAR SHOPPING CENTER AREA? YES IT IS. YES, SIR. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THERE. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT ELSE HE COULD PUT IN A PARKING LOT AREA WITH US. PLANNING. DO YOU KNOW? OR IS IT? IT'S IN THE PARKING LOT OF LA VAQUITA. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT ON IT. IT'S A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS COMING THERE RIGHT ON THAT CORNER, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YET. AND MAYBE WE DIDN'T MEET ON IT OR WE'RE GETTING READY TO MEET ON IT, AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO YOU ALL, MAYBE A SHOPPING CENTER. I DON'T THINK IT'S A SHOPPING CENTER THE WAY. AND IT MAY BE, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S JUST REPAINTING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK WITH YOU. YEAH. SO HE'S LOOKING INTO MAKING TWO BUSINESSES IN THAT PARTICULAR SPOT. I'M NOT CERTAIN BECAUSE HE COULD BE CUTTING IT AND THEN WELL, PLANNING IT AND MAYBE SELLING ANOTHER PIECE FOR SOMEBODY, SOMEONE ELSE TO COME IN AND DEVELOP OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE'S DOING, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S FOR COMMERCIAL USE. SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE TYPE IS YET. OKAY, SO WE HAVE NO ZONING PROBLEM HERE. NO, MA'AM. THERE'S NO ZONING ISSUE HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS REPLAY? ANYONE THAT'S SPEAKING FOR THIS REPLAY? ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS REPLAY, ANYONE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS REPLAY? SIR, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY REASON THAT YOU WANT TO SHOW UP TODAY TO HEAR US ON REPLAYS? WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO IS I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL.
OR IF HE WAS SPLITTING IT UP TO MAKE RENT PROFIT OUT OF IT, IT WASN'T IT. WHAT CAN THEY BUILD WITH AN LDR? JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO HE CAN'T DO LIKE A DUPLEX. OKAY. SO HE CAN ONLY BUILD HOMES, REGULAR HOMES. EVEN IF HE SPLITS IT, IT CAN ONLY BE A ONE FAMILY HOME.
THAT'S IT. YES. OKAY. HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT DUPLEXES OR. NO MA'AM. OKAY, SO IT'S WIDE ENOUGH FOR IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED FOOT WIDE, AT LEAST FOR TWO PROPERTIES. YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. I LIVE ON TOP OF THE WHITE. BRITTANY JONES WON'T EVER FORGET IT. HE'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME. MOST OF THOSE LOTS IN THERE, 400 FOOT. SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE THAT ONE THERE.
AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT SHAPES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO MAKE A RENTAL PROPERTY OUT IF POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, NOW FOR US, ALL WE'RE DOING IS APPROVING A REPLAT FOR HIM TO DIVIDE THAT ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY. AS REPORTS. NOW, AS FAR AS US BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS
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WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT WOULD BE WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT'S ONLY ALLOWED TO PUT THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY.YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A VOTE. CAN WE DO ALL THREE AT ONE TIME? YEAH. OKAY. THEY'RE ALL REPLANTS. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON OUR 26-10R26-11 AND R26-12. I MOVE THE APPROVAL ON ALL THREE I SECOND APPROVED AND SECOND BY THE COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL VOTE I I I WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT MISS ARIES. SO
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WHAT'S NEXT. APRIL 20TH SO FAR ONE ITEM FISHING FOR MORE. BUT I WANT YOU TO COME FROM ONE ITEM. BUT BUT SO FAR THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. IT'S ONE ITEM. WE DO HAVE THREE ORDINANCES BEING VOTED ON TOMORROW AND TOMORROW. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU'RE A MEMBER. THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR SABINE PASS THE S U P REQUEST FOR THE TOWER, THE RADIO TOWER. AND THERE'S ONE MORE FOR THE HOTEL EXPANSION. SO ALL THREE OF THOSE WILL BE VOTED ON TOMORROW. OKAY.MEETING IS AT 930, 1030. IT'S A AFTERNOON MEETING AND EVENING. EVENING MEETING. YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. SO LET'S MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE ON DISMISSING THIS COMMISSIONER'S MEETING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, I. ANY QUESTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT. WE HAVE DISMISSED AT
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