Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act a Site Plan for Bob Tomes Ford Expansion, Located at 950 South Central Expressway
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: March 22, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Matt Robinson, AICP, Planning Manager
Aaron Bloxham, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the proposed site plan may be appealed to the City Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan with the following conditions:
1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached;
2. The applicant receive approval of a request for a variance to allow the bay doors to be oriented towards street frontage;
3. The applicant receive approval of a request for a variance to reduce the landscape buffer from 20’ to 10’ along a portion of North Brook Drive; and
4. The applicant remove the variance notes from the site plan.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: February 22, 2016 (Original Application)
March 7, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
March 10, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct a 25,712 square foot addition to an automobile sales and repair (Bob Tomes Ford) to expand the service and repair shop and add a car wash on 5.99 acres at the northwest corner of North Brook Drive and U.S. Highway 75.
Site plans can typically be approved by Staff; however, the applicant is requesting variances to orient bay doors towards street frontage and to reduce the landscape setbacks along major thoroughfares from 20 feet to 10 feet which must be considered and acted upon by the Planning and Zoning Commission.