Roc Design Engineers Planned Development District at C. F. Hawn Freeway

Context: Minutes for Item 16 record "Carried: 13 to 0" with the note "*Rubin out of room, shown voting in favor."

Recommended: Request the certified minutes and roll call for this item, which note that Commissioner Rubin was out of the room but was shown voting in favor of the 13-0 result. Confirm with the commission secretary how absent-member votes are recorded before relying on this tally as an unqualified unanimous approval.

Context: The April 23, 2026 item created a new Planned Development District for Commercial Service District uses on property already zoned Commercial Service District, north of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Garden Springs Drive.

Recommended: Obtain the conditions approved at the April 23 commission hearing before assuming standard Commercial Service District rules apply — the site was already zoned Commercial Service, so the new Planned Development District exists to customize use, setback, or site-plan requirements rather than expand them. Design work drawn to base district standards may not comply.

Context: The official item lists "Staff Recommendation: Denial" for applicant Roc Design Engineers / Majed Khalaf, yet Item 16 carried 13 to 0 on April 23, 2026.

Recommended: Request planner Justin Lee's staff report and the audio of the April 23 hearing to learn what changed between the denial recommendation and a 13-0 approval — no commissioner dissented and no conditions are reflected in the vote record. Ask the planning department how often full-board reversals of staff denials occur in Council District 8.

Context: The commission approved a new Planned Development District for Commercial Service uses at that location on April 23, 2026, over a staff recommendation of denial.

Recommended: Ask the planning department for the approved Planned Development District use list and any screening, lighting, or hours limits for the parcel on the north side of C. F. Hawn Freeway west of Garden Springs Drive. Because the district was created over existing Commercial Service zoning, the conditions document — not the base zoning map — now determines what can operate next to you.