Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Specific Use Permit to Allow for Additional Fuel Pumps, Located on the Southwest Corner of Westridge Boulevard and Independence Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 3, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends denial of the proposed specific use permit due to close proximity of the subject property to single family residential uses.
However, the applicant is requesting approval of the following:
1. A motor vehicle fuel sales facility fueling up to 14 vehicles at one time shall be permitted on the subject property.
2. The property shall generally develop in accordance with the attached site layout exhibit.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The applicant is requesting a specific use permit (SUP) to increase the maximum number of motor vehicle fuel dispensers from four (4) to seven (7) in order to increase the maximum number of vehicles that can be fueled at one time from eight (8) to fourteen (14) vehicles. Additionally, the applicant is requesting a specific use permit to allow a car wash on the subject property, located on the southwest corner of Westridge Boulevard and Independence Parkway.
* In 1997, the subject property was zoned for neighborhood business uses as part of a larger development through "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 97-06-036. At that time, Staff believed that the intersection was appropriate for a 12-acre neighborhood retail service district, however felt that the appropriate scope of uses should be limited to those uses that can provide the surrounding neighborhood with convenient services, without creating an adverse impact on the quality of life within the residential areas that they are designed to serve.
* On December 9, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commiss...
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