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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by American Auto Spa, on Behalf of Lett Lane Group L.L.C., for Approval of a Request to Rezone Less than 1 Acre from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Northwest Corner of Custer Road and Westridge Boulevard
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 25, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Steven Duong, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the April 15, 2014 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning request with the following special ordinance provisions:
1. The subject property shall develop in accordance with Section 146-85 "BG" - General Business District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. Prohibited uses:
1. Residential Uses
2. Auto painting or body shop
3. Automobile trailer, light truck, tool rental
4. Automobile, motorcycle, boat (sales, repair, or storage)
5. Bait Shop
6. Building material sales or monument sales
7. Bus station
8. Cleaning plant, laundry
9. Creamery (dairy products)
10. Farm implement sales and service
11. Frozen food lockers
12. Funeral homes and mortuaries
13. Garage, auto repair
14. Halfway house
15. Pawnshops
16. Railroad track or right-of-way
17. Recreational vehicle sales
18. Sexually oriented business
2. The character of any car wash facility on the subject property shall generally conform to the attached renderings, as shown on "Proposed Architectural Renderings", and shall also be subject to the Architectural and Site Standards section of the Zoning Ordinance.
3. Canopy trees shall be planted at a rate of one (1) tree per 30 linear feet of street frontage with a minimum caliper of 5" (measured 6" above the ground).
However, the applicant is also requesting two additional special ordinance provisions of which Staff recommends denial of:
4. The required landscape buffer for a single lane, fully automated car wash use along Custer Road shall be reduced from 20 feet to 10 feet.
5. Bays or bay doors in conjunction with a single lane, fully automated car wash shall be permitted to be oriented towards Custer Road street frontage.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: February 24, 2014 (Original Application)
March 11, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
March 13, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
March 18, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 0.63 acres of land, located on the northwest corner of Custer Road and Westridge Boulevard from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, generally to modify the development standards and allowed uses on the property.
The governing planned development ordinance for the subject property generally permits uses allowed by the "BN" - Neighborhood Business District. The applicant has requested to rezone the property to a base zoning district of "BG" - General Business District with a list of prohibited commercial uses typically allowed within the district, and to modify the development standards (landscaping and bay door orientation) with the intent to construct a single lane, fully automated car wash on the subject property.