Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit to Allow for Additional Fuel Pumps and Car Wash, Located on the Southwest Corner of Westridge Boulevard and Independence Parkway
Summary
MEETING DATE: January 13, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at the February 3, 2015 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed specific use permit due to close proximity of the subject property to single family residential uses.
However, the applicant is requesting approval of the following:
1. A motor vehicle fuel sales facility fueling up to 14 vehicles at one time shall be permitted on the subject property.
2. A car wash shall be permitted in connection with a motor vehicle fuel sales facility on the subject property.
3. The property shall generally develop in accordance with the attached site layout exhibit.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: November 10, 2014 (Original Application)
November 24, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting a specific use permit (SUP) to increase the maximum number of motor vehicle fuel dispensers from four (4) to seven (7) in order to increase the maximum number of vehicles that can be fueled at one time from eight (8) to fourteen (14) vehicles. Additionally, the applicant is requesting a specific use permit to allow a car wash on the subject property, located on the southwest corner of Westridge Boulevard and Independence Parkway.
In 1997, the subject property was zoned for neighborhood business uses as part of a larger development through "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 97-06-036. At that time, Staff believed that the intersection was appropriate for a 12-acre neighborhood retail service district, however felt that the appropriate scope of uses should be limited to those uses that can provide the surrounding neighborhood with convenient services, without creating an adverse impact on the quality of life within the residential areas that they are designed to serve.
On December 9, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0-0 to continue the public hearing and table the item to the January 13, 2015 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting per the applicant's request.