A. AA22-0003 Hold a public hearing and consider an appeal of an administrative decision regarding the approval of a Zoning Compliance Plan (ZCP21-0051) for a multi-family development. The subject property is approximately 7.61 acres generally located on the south side of Interstate Highway 35 East, approximately 1,500 feet south of Lillian B Miller Parkway in the City of Denton, Denton County, Texas. (AA22-0003, Millennium Crest Appeal, Hayley Zagurski)
We are in opposition of the Millennium Crest project moving forward. We feel that there have been numerous codes being violated and neglected in the development of this project and are concerned for the overall safety of our community, neighbors and outcome of the project. Furthermore we stand with Jim Perry and are in full support of his comments that you will hear today.
The proposed plans do not meet fire fire code. There is only one confirmed egress to the property. The speculated second egress proposes a great risk to the elderly residents of brookdale. The one available public entrance and exit is through an already over crowded access road with very fast moving/merging traffic exiting the highway. The plans do not allow adequate information regarding detention ponds that will back to owners property. There is no plan in place to relocate existing wildlife.
The Planning Department ignored numerous mandatory requirements documented in the City ordinance when they approved the plan.
The Planning Department ignored the deficiencies noted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council that caused them to deny previous proposals by the developer that have the same deficiencies.
.The Planning Department ignored the 2012 International Fire Code, which the City has adopted, and approved the proposed development despite known asafety issues.
The single entrance/ exit is a problem. The emergency exit is into an assisted living parking lot. In the event of a true emergency, the assisted living would evacuate. A hundred cars unfamiliar with the route would likely hit a resident or staff member evacuating.
This proposal appears to have several drawbacks including problematic access for emergency vehicles as well as for the residents of this proposed development; impacts on the Southridge Estates development (where I live) of a multistory building at higher elevation from which residents would look down on the one and two story houses, without much screening via fences, trees, or buffers. Also, it's questionable how attractive the living space behind stores of a strip mall would be to residents.
The developer is not a victim. The property was landlocked in 1995.
City staff are not victims. They sidestepped the checks & balances system developed to protect residents & acted in bad faith.
Most of us have lived in multifamily housing at one time. Did it ever occur to you that an apartment complex in which you were living was allowed to be built without meeting fire safety codes? It didn’t occur to me & I can’t believe that’s what’s being proposed now.
Residents deserve better than this.
Still no emergency easement after many months. The tree mitigation plan is wholly inadequate for this upland habitat directly related to the Buc-ee’s ESA. They fail to minimize impacts to the surrounding property and abandon many site design features previously proposed. A 6 ft. Wooden fence is laughably inadequate between private homes and a 3 story apartment building so close to the property line. I strongly support Mr. Perry’s appeal.
This project would be right next door to an assisted living facility where senior citizens would be disturbed by the additional noise & problems that apartments bring.It also has only one entrance and exit, safety issue.It would look directly into the backyards of homes on Natchez Trace, infringing on their privacy.The value of the homes would be greatly affected by apartments basically in their backyard.Developer is trying to squeeze this into a much too small parcel to maintain good margins.
We are in opposition of the Millennium Crest project moving forward. We feel that there have been numerous codes being violated and neglected in the development of this project and are concerned for the overall safety of our community, neighbors and outcome of the project. Furthermore we stand with Jim Perry and are in full support of his comments that you will hear today.
The proposed plans do not meet fire fire code. There is only one confirmed egress to the property. The speculated second egress proposes a great risk to the elderly residents of brookdale. The one available public entrance and exit is through an already over crowded access road with very fast moving/merging traffic exiting the highway. The plans do not allow adequate information regarding detention ponds that will back to owners property. There is no plan in place to relocate existing wildlife.
The Planning Department ignored numerous mandatory requirements documented in the City ordinance when they approved the plan.
The Planning Department ignored the deficiencies noted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council that caused them to deny previous proposals by the developer that have the same deficiencies.
.The Planning Department ignored the 2012 International Fire Code, which the City has adopted, and approved the proposed development despite known asafety issues.
The single entrance/ exit is a problem. The emergency exit is into an assisted living parking lot. In the event of a true emergency, the assisted living would evacuate. A hundred cars unfamiliar with the route would likely hit a resident or staff member evacuating.
This proposal appears to have several drawbacks including problematic access for emergency vehicles as well as for the residents of this proposed development; impacts on the Southridge Estates development (where I live) of a multistory building at higher elevation from which residents would look down on the one and two story houses, without much screening via fences, trees, or buffers. Also, it's questionable how attractive the living space behind stores of a strip mall would be to residents.
The developer is not a victim. The property was landlocked in 1995.
City staff are not victims. They sidestepped the checks & balances system developed to protect residents & acted in bad faith.
Most of us have lived in multifamily housing at one time. Did it ever occur to you that an apartment complex in which you were living was allowed to be built without meeting fire safety codes? It didn’t occur to me & I can’t believe that’s what’s being proposed now.
Residents deserve better than this.
Still no emergency easement after many months. The tree mitigation plan is wholly inadequate for this upland habitat directly related to the Buc-ee’s ESA. They fail to minimize impacts to the surrounding property and abandon many site design features previously proposed. A 6 ft. Wooden fence is laughably inadequate between private homes and a 3 story apartment building so close to the property line. I strongly support Mr. Perry’s appeal.
This project would be right next door to an assisted living facility where senior citizens would be disturbed by the additional noise & problems that apartments bring.It also has only one entrance and exit, safety issue.It would look directly into the backyards of homes on Natchez Trace, infringing on their privacy.The value of the homes would be greatly affected by apartments basically in their backyard.Developer is trying to squeeze this into a much too small parcel to maintain good margins.