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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes - 01/14/2026 MINUTES Air PLANNING &ZONING COMMISSION January 14, 2026 PRESENT: Jeremy Woodward • Chairman Blake Haney ■ Vice-Chair Michael Grassi ■ Member Lisa Stephens-Musick • Member Doug McCulloch • Member Brady Enlow • Member Jack Browne • Member Naomi Barron • Alternate 2 Teresa Rose • SAFB Liaison Paul Menzies,Assistant City Manager • City Staff Monica Aguon, Deputy City Attorney • City Staff Fabian Medellin, Director of Development Services • City Staff • Rita Miller,Assistant Director of Development Services City Staff City Staff Christal Cates,Neighborhood Revitalization Coordinator Planner II • City Staff Robin Marshall, Admin Assistant ABSENT: ■ Member Alan Sizemore • Member Matt Marrs • Alternate 1 Luz Lerma GUESTS: Councilor Tom Taylor I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Mr. Jeremy Woodward, at 2:01 p.m. II. PUBLIC COMMENTS Chairman Woodward asked if there were any comments from the public for items not on the agenda. With no response, Chairman Woodward closed public comments. III.OATH OF OFFICE & SWEARING IN MEMBERS Director Medellin introduced the new Commission members (Lisa Stephens-Musick and Naomi Barron who were present, and Luz Lerma not in attendance). Christal Cates led the Commissioners with the Oath of Office and then completed the swearing in of the Commission members. Planning and Zoning 2 January 14, 2026 IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Woodward called for a motion to adopt the December 10, 2025, minutes. Commissioner Brady Enlow made a motion to approve the minutes as presented and .00 Commissioner Blake Haney seconded the motion. With no comments from the public, the motion passed unanimously with a vote of 8-0 in favor. V. REGULAR AGENDA Chairman Woodward introduced the case and noted that the applicant is Brad Rogers. He asked if there was a motion to approve the case, Commissioner Doug McCulloch made the motion to approve the case and Commissioner Jack Browne seconded the motion. 1) C 26-01 6580 Jacksboro Highway— RV Park Consider taking action to allow a recreational vehicle park in a General Commercial (GC) zoning district. Director Medellin presented the case and informed the Commission that this is the third part in this proposed RV development and explained that this was presented to the Commission this past November as part of a rezone application. The second part took place just a few weeks ago at City Council, where the rezone was approved and the ordinance was signed and has gone into effect. This, being the last part of the project, is the conditional use permit for the RV park. Director Medellin showed slides of the property that is located on the southwest corner of Jacksboro Highway and Rathgeber Road and noted the land uses in the immediate area. He noted a small residential subdivision to the northeast of the applicant's vacant parcel, to the north is vacant land that is zoned commercial. He added, to the east there are some industrial uses in the unincorporated Wichita County, and to the west are a few more residential uses, some multifamily uses and a cemetery as well. To the south is agricultural land that is outside of the city limits. He explained that the developer is proposing a high-end RV park that will have multiple amenities for their visitors, including everything from a clubhouse to water features, to storage, and even small rental casitas that can be rented for the night. The current proposed site plan has a total of 144 pad sites. From the initial conversations with the developer, staff did have a couple of concerns, specifically with the residential subdivision, directly to the northeast. Those being noise, visual and traffic impacts. To address those, the design team has laid out a site that works with some buffer areas and works with the access points to help mitigate some of those concerns. Director Medellin pointed out the proposed detention pond along the northeast corner and mentioned a separate detention pond that essentially borders the boundary of the residential subdivision. Those ponds, as well as a proposed paved valley, will add physical separation. He told the Commissioners that we generally include, with any commercial development adjacent to residential districts, that screening or visual separation requirement to help protect those residential uses. Director Medellin then discussed the concern for noise, pointing out that one of the respondents to our notification of the project had a concern for the use of generators. But he clarified that the proposed park would have utility connections at each RV site. That helped alleviate those concerns. Lastly is the concern for traffic. He pointed out that the lot does have a unique feature since it has access to the portion of Planning and Zoning 3 January 14, 2026 Jacksboro Highway that is two-way traffic, which will allow for both north and southbound access to the site and egress from the site in the future. This will essentially allow all traffic to be directed to that Jacksboro entrance. Additional photos of the property and the surrounding areas were shown to give a better view of the uses in the area. It was stated that there were 29 notices sent out to everyone within 200 feet of the proposed site, and out of all the notices sent, there were nine returned that were opposed to the development. The majority of those opposed to the project had concerns regarding their property values and felt the proposed development would decrease the value of their properties. Director Medellin said, after taking into consideration the proposed design, and the willingness of the owner to cooperate and implement some of those elements that will reduce those concerns, staff does recommend the approval of the conditional use permit for the RV park at 68480 Jacksboro Highway with the following conditions: 1)That the property is platted prior to the issuance of a building permit. 2)That the access point be taken from Jacksboro Highway and approved by TxDOT. 3)That all screening requirements be installed, separating the commercial use from those residential districts and uses. 4)The subject site plan complies with all the design guidelines of the zoning ordinance within Section 5640. Chairman Woodward asked if the applicant was in the audience and if they wanted to make a statement, but they declined at this time. Chairman Woodward opened discussion with the audience, but no additional comments were made. The discussion was then opened up to among the Commission. Commissioner Brady Enlow asked what kind of screening might be used? Director Medellin stated that the ordinance specifically requires a 6-foot privacy fence but noted that the ordinance does give the Director the opportunity to accept alternatives. He added, at that close proximity, we want something solid. He also stated that landscaping is allowed to be used as an alternative, but that wouldn't be good for screening for the property. It was asked of Commissioner Enlow if he could add some insight regarding property values. He explained that he can't definitively say in every single case that there is a trend or an absolute, if this is a discount because of its close proximity to an RV park. Adding that it is a case-by-case basis. He said he doesn't have a good answer for the question at this point, as he would need to look at the data, or look at comparable data. Commissioner Lisa Stephens-Musick (former Chief Appraiser - Wichita Appraisal District) said that it's often a property owner that will say that they feel like there will be influence to their property value. She noted that until you have data to support that, an appraiser really doesn't have one way or the other to determine that. Commissioner McCulloch said he understands that there will be utility hookups, but does that mean generators will not be allowed? Stating that generators do put out noise, even with a solid wood fence. Director Medellin stated that the applicant had advised staff that they would be implementing quiet times during night hours, and he invited the applicant to come forward and give additional information regarding generators and quiet time. Mr. Brad Rogers came forward and told the Commission about the fencing that will be put in place and discussed the "quiet times" that will be implemented from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am and said he can't see why a generator would be used when there are utilities provided. There was discussion regarding the fact that this case is at 30% opposition, and what that does to the legislative. Director Medellin clarified that the supermajority rule is only applicable to zoning amendments, whether that is tax amendments or Planning and Zoning 4 January 14, 2026 boundary changes. The Commission has already been awarded the authority to approve conditional use permits. With no other questions or comments, Chairman Woodward took the motion to a vote. The motion passed with 8-0 in favor. 2) Chairman Woodward opened the public hearing at 2:16 pm. R 25-10 2100 & 2226 Airport Drive & 3601 Central Freeway Consider taking action to rezone +/- 37.61 acres of land from General Commercial (GC) to Light Industrial (LI) located at 2100 & 2226 Airport Drive (95.825 Acres, Abstract 344 — T. Currey, & 13.35 acres out of the R. Brown Survey, Abstract 522), and +/- 60.87 acres of land from Multi-Family Residential (MFR) to Light Industrial (LI) zoning district located at 2100 Airport Drive, 2226 Airport Drive, Property ID #107232, and Property ID #107235 (95.825 Acres, T. Currey Survey, Abstract 344; and 21.36 acres out of the R. Brown Survey, Abstract 522), and amend the Land Use Plan from High Density Residential to Light Industrial to allow for the construction of a data center. Director Medellin informed the Commission that this case has multiple tracts and changes to multiple zoning districts, which was included in the description of the case. He gave details of the location of the tracts, which includes large acreage between 144 and Spur 325, just on the teardrop that interconnects with 287 (just north of the interchange). And it is just north of Airport Drive. The site currently is undeveloped. Mr. Rogers came to staff looking at the potential for a data center, which these sites are selected based on their proximity to transmission lines or substations. With one bisecting the subject property, it made it an opportunity for the owner and for the developers to come in and propose this specific use. This site is isolated because to the northeastern side is bounded by a railroad the direct (by Spur 325) and on the west there are some industrial uses that are directly adjacent to 1-44. To the north there is some undeveloped land, and to the south (Airport Drive) there are a couple of uses. One being a church on the corner of Spur 325, the manufactured home park, a car wash on the corner of I-44/Airport drive, and then some undeveloped land. Staff advised the applicant and developer that there would need to be a cleanup of the zoning designations for the subject tracts. The best option for their proposed use would be Light Industrial. Director Medellin explained that for data centers, our zoning ordinance doesn't specifically reference data centers, however, we have likened them to warehouses essentially just metal buildings that are used to store items within that building. That fits within a Light Industrial designation. With that, the applicant and property owner submitted petitions to designate the entire subject tract from Multi Family Residential use and General Commercial to the Light Industrial designation, which is currently adjacent to the railroads. Director Medellin proceeded to provide slides of the subject site and surrounding properties. He explained that they are proposing nine separate structures, two stories each, with each floor approximately 7,500 square feet. Each building would be approximately 150,000 square feet, and the entire campus about 1.35 million square feet. The Commission was shown the layout that included parking, detention, and also drives to connect the buildings. 4.00 The rezone map was shown to show that they would just be extending that Light Industrial district boundary to the northeast, to encompass the multiple tracts. Then to amend the land use plan to change it from high density residential to light industrial. Planning and Zoning 5 January 14, 2026 Director Medellin then presented the site plan again to talk about some of the impacts. One of the biggest concerns that staff had was water usage, and their potential use Akr of our water system. Working closely with their team and our Public Works/Engineering department, we have calculated that their use (because it's a closed loop system)will use minimal water. Roughly 500,000 gallons to fill the system and have it operational. The only use of water will be for domestic use, which will be their bathrooms, their irrigation system and also a humidifier to help reduce static electricity within the facility. This will be a minimal amount of water used. Some of the concerns received from our responses were traffic, which staff felt there would be a slight impact on traffic during the construction phase. However, because of its proximity to those two highway systems, and even Airport drive (which is a TxDOT maintained roadway), there will be fast maneuverability for traffic coming in and off the site for the construction of the facilities. Once it's operational, then the traffic impact will drop significantly as compared to the construction phase. Staff did notify adjacent property owners within 200 feet of the subject sites. A total of 17 notices went out, and staff received nine responses which were all in favor of the proposed rezone. Taking into consideration the end use of the data center, which is essentially just a warehouse that stores these servers and the process which will have minimal impacts and usage to our water supply, staff does recommend approval of the zoning request of 37.61 acres of land from the General Commercial to Light Industrial, and the changing of 60.87 acres of land from Multi Family Residential to Light Industrial at the addresses of 2100 Airport Drive and 2226 Airport Drive, and then amend that land use plan from high density residential to light industrial. Chairman Woodward asked if the applicant was in the audience, and if they would like to make a presentation. The applicant and the developer were present and said they would answer any questions the Commission might have. Chairman Woodward asked if anyone in the audience had any comments or questions. No additional comments or questions were made. The public hearing was closed at 2:24 pm by Chairman Woodward. He asked if there was a motion to approve the case. Commissioner Jack Browne made the motion to approve the case, and Commissioner Blake Haney seconded the motion. Chairman Woodward stated that the case is closed for public discussion and opened the floor for discussion to the Commissioners. Commissioner McCulloch asked for clarification on why there were multiple listings of acreage in the action to be taken, and then there are only two listed in the motion. Director Medellin stated that staff were able to condense some of the legal descriptions because they were under the same abstract. It is still a total of 324 acres. Commissioner Naomi Barron asked if the water was potable and was informed that it was. Commissioner Browne asked if there will be sidewalks installed as part of the development and was informed that since those are both TxDOT maintained highways staff will have to defer to them if they choose to install any. The City's input is that it is important for accessibility that people be able to walk along that area. Mr. Steve McDaniel, who is part of the development process for the project, said it is something they will consider and are happy and willing to work with the Planning and Zoning 6 January 14, 2026 city, as long as TxDOT is on board with it. He added that they do a lot of housing projects across the state, and they actively push to make sure that there is connectivity for the local community. Chairman Woodward took the motion to vote, and the motion passed with a vote of 8-0. 3) Chairman Woodward opened the public hearing at 2:28 pm. R 26-01 1712 Seymour Highway Consider taking action to rezone +/- 0.48 acres of land located at 1712 Seymour Hwy. (Lots 53, 54, & 55, Block 11, Clift) from River Development District (RDD) to General Commercial (GC) zoning district to allow for automotive sales. The applicant is Roman Saldana. Director Medellin stated that the petition is to change the zoning district to allow for a change in use of a particular structure, an adaptive reuse. He described where the subject site was located and added that the site was a former muffler shop, and for the last couple of years it transitioned to glass sales. The owner would like the use to be allowed for used auto sales. The River Development district is geared towards recreational uses to complement the river. With this site being a distance from the river, staff felt that a rezone to the General Commercial District to support that use could be merited. The Commission was shown zoning maps and slides of the property, and properties in the area. It was noted that the nearby cemetery and some of the properties on the south side of Seymour Highway are General Commercial and stated that the General Commercial district does resume once it gets closer to Central Freeway and Brook Avenue. It was pointed out that there are portions, in that area, on Seymour Highway that still remain in the River Development District. The lots around the subject property include a vacant tract, a headstone engraving facility and a vacant convenience store. In addition, there are a couple of other commercial uses just west of the subject property. Staff notified the required adjacent property owners and only received one response that was in favor of the proposed change. In considering the change in use, staff consider the impacts on the future development of the property and adjacent properties. Staff felt that the nature of used auto sales will primarily be during business hours (8:00-5:00), and occasionally on Saturdays. We didn't feel that there would be a great impact on the area, especially with Seymour Highway access to the site. Staff does recommend approval of the proposed rezoning of the .48 acres of land located at 1712 Seymour Highway from the River Development District to the General Commercial District. It was offered to the applicant to make any additional comments, but he declined. Chairman Woodward opened comments and questions to the public, and no one came forward. Chairman Woodward closed the public hearing at 2:33pm. Commissioner McCulloch made a motion to approve the case, and Commissioner Haney seconded the motion. Discussion was opened to the Commissioners, and there were no additional comments or questions. Planning and Zoning 7 January 14, 2026 Chairman Woodward moved on to a vote, and the motion passed 8-0. 4) Chairman Woodward declared this public hearing open at 2:34pm. R 26-02 3901 Welling Lane & 5300 Kiel Lane Consider taking action to rezone +/- 188.12 acres of land from Single Family-1 (SF-1) to Light Industrial (LI) located at 3901 Wellington Lane (186.88 Acres, Abstract 66, Dembreski) and 5300 Kiel Lane (Lot 7, Block 1, Miller Height Addition), and amend the Land Use Plan from Low Density Residential to Light Industrial to allow for the construction of a solar array. Applicant is Wichita One, LLC. Director Medellin stated that the rezone before the Commission is in support of a past decision that the Commission has made. The subject site is just northwest of a rezone that was brought before the board within the last year for a data center located at Wellington/City View/Kiel. Due to the energy that the data center will consume (that draw is regulated by ERCOT), the developer would like to move forward sooner than ERGOT. To do this he is willing to provide energy for the data center by developing a solar array that would be located to the southeast of this subject site. The subject site is undeveloped land in the northwestern part of the city. The Commission was shown slides of the uses near the site, generally large tract residential uses. There are some residential uses (to the east on Kiel and also further north on Wellington, and south as well). Some commercial industrial uses in the area are an industrial pipe supply company, as well as a contractor storage yard that was previously approved by this board within this past year. When looking at and considering the proposed use of solar array, staff looked at impacts to the land for future development. For this proposed use, we are just looking at small support structures to hold a solar panel up, additional connectivity connections to electrical equipment (inverters) and energy storage systems. Overall, the land will hardly be touched, which could be redeveloped if other opportunities arise. The other concern that came up from this particular petition with Sheppard Air Force Base, and their concern regarding reflections off the array and then creating bird habitats. Before the applicant submitted his petition, he worked with Forward Wichita Falls, and the Sheppard Air Force Base and was able to come into an agreement with them and had a memorandum of understanding signed that would allow SAFB, and the applicant, to negotiate and discuss mitigating measures. The developer has already committed to doing himself using particular types of panels that reduce and absorb that light. Using netting around the panels themselves that would prevent any wildlife from creating habitats underneath them. He did receive the support from SAFB. Additional slides with views of the subject property and surrounding properties were shown to the Commission. The rural nature of the area was shown, and how the homes in the area are separated by acreages. Director Medellin showed the proposed layout for not only the data center, but also the array, and how they will be connected and support one another. It was then shown on the rezone map that essentially all that would be done is extending what was previously granted from the southeast, to encompass this subject tract (188 Acres) to allow for him to offset some of those energy needs for the data center. And then, changing that land use plan designation to Light Industrial. Staff did notify neighboring properties. We only received four responses, three of them being in favor, and one was opposed. The one that was opposed did have some concerns being next to an array and concerns about the creation of electromagnetic fields from this. Organizations that have looked into the matter Planning and Zoning 8 January 14, 2026 (The World Health Organization and the National Institute of Health) have all said that the non-ionized magnetic field created by arrays are not attributable to any health causes or concerns. They don't have the same DNA modifications as X-ray machines would. Looking at the proposed use, the potential impacts, the assurances that they have already granted, and have received support from Sheppard, staff does recommend the rezone of 188.12 acres of land located at 3901 Wellington and 5300 Kiel Lane from Single Family-1 to Light Industrial and amending the land use plan from low density residential to Light Industrial. The applicant was not in attendance. Chairman Woodward closed the public hearing at 2:42pm. Commissioner Jack Browne made the motion to approve the case, and Commissioner Blake Haney seconded the motion. Chairman Woodward opened discussion among the Commissioners. Commissioner Enlow questioned if the Memorandum of Understanding is legally binding between the parties. Director Medellin stated that it was, until one of them opts out of that understanding. Adding that there are terms that they have to follow to do that. If they don't do the preventative measures, our airport zoning regulations can enforce those mitigating measures that are agreed upon to the point of being citations. It was also asked if staff has had any discussions with SAFB, and it was stated that staff was in the middle of talks the whole time between the applicant, Forward WF and our Sheppard Liaisons. Commissioner Barron asked if there was an opportunity for an actual contract instead of a memorandum being drafted. Director Medellin said the Air Force Base has opted for the memorandum, and they usually use these for any solar array or energy consumption, or anything that creates these habitats. He stated that it's the AF Base's preferred method. With no further questions or comments, Chairman Woodward took the motion to a vote. The motion passed 8-0. VI. ADJOURN Chairm- • oodwar. _•..u ed thy meeting at 2:54 pm. J- . and -Chairman Date act, F i edellin, AICP—Director of Development Services Date