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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
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 25, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Gleinser, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the March 18, 2014 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: 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, the applicant is requesting approval of the following special ordinance provisions:
1. The development subject property shall generally conform to the attached site layout.
2. The subject property shall conform to the attached architectural elevations.
3. The use of gravel for tracked equipment, in conjunction with heavy machinery sales and service, shall be allowed as a paving material in the overnight vehicle storage area, without paved and striped spaces, in conjunction with the associated screening devices, as shown on the attached site layout.
4. The landscape buffers shall conform to the attached site layout.
5. The following special ordinance provisions from "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 2013-03-022 shall also apply:
a. Use and development of the subject property shall conform to the regulations of the "C" - Planned Center District, and "CC" - Corridor Commercial Overlay District, and as amended, except as follows:
i. Heavy machinery sales and service shall be a permitted use.
b. The orientation of overhead bay doors shall be allowed toward street frontage (Wilmeth Road), in conjunction with the associated screening devices, as shown on the attached site layout.
c. The construction of the proposed building on the subject property shall achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: January 31, 2014 (Original Application)
February 10, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
February 13, 2014 (Revised Submittal)
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.