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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., on Behalf of R.D. Offutt Company, for Approval of a Request to Rezone Fewer than 11 Acres from “PD” - Planned Development District and “CC” - Corridor Commercial Overlay District to “PD” - Planned Development District and “CC” - Corridor Commercial Overlay District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Southeast Corner of U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway) and Wilmeth Road, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 18, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Gleinser, Planner
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to lack of conformance with Section 146-130 (Vehicle Parking), Section 146-135 (Landscape Requirements), and Section 146-139 (Architectural and Site Standards) of the Zoning Ordinance.
• However, should the proposed rezoning request be approved, the following special ordinance provisions requested by the applicant and recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission:
1. Use and development of the subject property shall conform to the regulations of Section 146-86 “C” - Planned Center District, and Section 146-101 “CC” - Corridor Commercial Overlay District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. Heavy machinery sales and service shall be an allowed use.
b. Heavy machinery sales and service on the subject property shall generally conform to Exhibit “C” - Site Layout.
c. For heavy machinery sales and service use, the subject property shall conform to Exhibit “D” - Elevations.
d. The use of gravel for tracked equipment, in conjunction with heavy machinery sales and service, shall be allowed as a paving material for the maneuvering of vehicles in the overnight storage area, with paved (concrete) and striped spaces for the overnight storage of vehicles to be repaired, at a ratio of one overnight space per service bay, as shown on Exhibit “C” - Site Layout.
e. For heavy machinery sales and service use, the subject property shall be screened as shown on Exhibit “C” - Site Layout.
f. All required living screens in conjunction with a wrought iron fence and masonry columns shall be six (6) feet tall at the time of planting, as shown on Exhibit “C” - Site Layout.
g. The orientation of overhead bay doors shall be allowed toward street frontage (Wilmeth Road), in conjunction with the associated screening devices, shown on Exhibit “C” - Site Layout.
h. The construction of the proposed building on the subject property shall achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 10.79 acres of land, located on the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway) and Wilmeth Road, from “PD” - Planned Development District and “CC” - Corridor Commercial Overlay District to “PD” - Planned Development District and “CC” - Corridor Commercial Overlay District, generally to modify the development standards.
• The subject property was rezoned in March of 2013 generally to allow for heavy machinery sales and service uses. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to modify some of the existing special ordinance provisions that govern the subject property. More specifically, the applicant is requesting to modify the existing approved site layout (expanding the building by 7,200 square feet and the site by approximately 3 acres), modify the architectural elevations, reduce a portion of the landscape buffer along Redbud Boulevard, and increase the size of the gravel overnight vehicle storage area.
• Subsequent to the February 25, 2014 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the applicant revised the site layout to modify the landscape buffer along Redbud Boulevard to meet the ordinance requirements, add a notation that all screening shrubs in conjunction with a wrought iron fence and masonry columns shall be six feet tall at the time of planting, and to add paved concrete overnight storage spaces.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• See attached Planning and Zoning Commission Staff report.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• On February 25, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the applicant’s rezoning request, with modifications to the special ordinance provisions for the overnight storage area and screening shrubs. The applicant is in agreement with the modifications recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission and are reflected in the special ordinance provisions listed above.