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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Pogue Engineering Development Company, Inc., on Behalf of Encore Wire Corporation, for Approval of a Site Plan for Encore Wire - Plant 6, Approximately 11.86 Acres, Located on the Southeast Corner of Millwood Street and Elm Street.
Summary
MEETING DATE: October 25, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Senior Planner
Anthony Satarino, Planner
APPROVAL PROCESS: The Planning and Zoning Commission is the final approval authority for the proposed site plan.
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 living plant screen for the bay doors along the north and east side of the building.
Prior to the Issuance of a Building Permit:
3. The applicant revise the landscape plan to provide a terminus tree at the southeast corner of the parking lot at the end of the parking row.
Although Staff is in support of a living screen for the proposed bay doors along the north and east sides of the building, the applicant has requested this requirement be waived due to the future construction of buildings to the north and east that will obstruct any view of the proposed bay doors from adjacent rights-of-way.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: September 26, 2011 (Original Application)
October 7, 2011 (Revised Submittal)
October 14, 2011 (Revised Submittal)
October 21, 2011 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant (Encore Wire) is proposing to construct a 201,584 square foot manufacturing building (Plant 6) on 11.86 acres on the southeast corner of Millwood Street and Elm Street. The proposed manufacturing building is planned to be located on the campus just east of the existing corporate headquarters building on the site.