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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, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: April 15, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Steven Duong, Planner I
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning request with the following special ordinance provisions:
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
B. The character of any car wash facility on the subject property shall generally conform to the attached renderings, as shown on "Exhibit C", and shall also be subject to the Architectural and Site Standards section of the Zoning Ordinance.
C. 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 one additional special ordinance provision of which Staff recommends denial of:
D. Bays or bay doors in conjunction with a single lane, fully automated car wash shall be permitted to be oriented towards Custer Road.
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.
· During the March 25, 2014 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the applicant indicated that they no longer wished to request a special ordinance provision reducing the required landscape buffer along Custer Road, which has been removed from the requested special ordinance provisions listed above.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
· See attached Planning and Zoning Commission Staff Report.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
· N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
· On March 25, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the applicant's rezoning request including the special ordinance provision (see D. above) requesting the ability to orient bays and bay doors in conjunction with a car wash towards Custer Road, which Staff is recommending denial of. The attached proposed ordinance reflects the special ordinance provisions requested by the applicant and recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission.