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WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE
[Planning & Zoning Briefing 090924]
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, 2024.I'M CHERYL SMITH HERE OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HERE BY COUNCIL ORDER AT 5:31 PM THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING IS WHERE THE STAFF BRIEFS THE COMMISSION AND PREVIEWS THE CASES ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA COMMISSION MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT MAY FACILITATE THE MEETING AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN OR EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESS OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE.
HERE, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR TY CHAPMAN, JANIE ATARI, AND JOHN FCO.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR DISCUSS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM FOR PRESENTATION WAS CONTINUED FROM THE LAST MEETING.
AND SO JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REVIEW FOR ZAZA HOOKA LOUNGE.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO REVIEW, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPLYING WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE, UH, CONDITIONS OF THE SUP AND LAWS.
UH, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO MODIFY THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO, TO MAKE THE NOTE THAT, UH, THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN OPERATIONS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS UNDER THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND STAFF DOES NOT, HAS NOT FOUND A, A, A REASON TO MODIFY THEM.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO KEEP THEM THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITION OF ONE.
AND THAT'S THE 11TH CONDITION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S TO ADDRESS SOME CONFUSION THAT HAS COME UP ABOUT, UM, POSTING HOURS OF OPERATION BEYOND WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED.
SO TO REMIND YOU, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE OPERATOR SHALL REMOVE ANY AND ALL SIGNAGE REFERENCING HOURS BEYOND WHAT IS AUTHORIZED IN THE SUP FROM ZAZA HOOKAH LOUNGE, AND SHALL POST SIGNAGE REFLECTING THE HOURS OF OPERATION AS REQUIRED BY THE SUP CONDITIONS.
SO JUST A REMINDER, THERE IS, UH, ZAZA PIZZA AND ZAZA HOOKAH.
THE ZAZA PIZZA IS OPEN LIGHT, THE HOOKAH IS NOT.
UM, SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND SAVANNAH TO ADD TO THAT, I THINK WE WERE ALSO GETTING RID OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY, UM, HAVE THEIR SEP REVIEW GIVEN YOUR RESPONSE.
SO THIS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THEY'LL BE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL STAFF FEELS THAT, UH, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE AND THERE'S NO NEED TO SET A FUTURE DATE OF A YEAR.
UH, BUT SHOULD THEY OPERATE OUT OF, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THEM BACK FOR REVIEW IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT VERBIAGE IN THE, UH, IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE, UH, NOT HAVING TO COME BACK FOR REVIEW? IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT.
ISHA, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE VERY WELL? I THINK WE KIND OF KNOW THE DRILL ON THIS ONE.
AND THE, THE APPLICANT OR OPERATOR SHOULD BE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING.
HE WAS OUT OF TOWN AND DELEGATED IT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THAT PERSON DID NOT SHOW UP.
SO HE SHOULD BE HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BEING BLURRED, TWO DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.
SO THE PE THERE, THE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITH THEIR FOOD AND THEIR SMOKING, OR THERE'S, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY MIXING THERE, THERE CANNOT BE ANY SMOKING IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WANTED TO PICK UP YOUR PIZZA TO GO, YOU COULD TAKE IT OVER TO ZZA HOOKAH.
AND THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH THE SMOKING THING? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR CHILD DAYCARE CENTER AT 1350 WEST BARDEN ROAD.
THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT COMES, UH, THE FOUR CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BECAUSE THE REGULATION STATES THAT ANY CHILD, WHICH IS FOUR YEARS FOR OR MORE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE, REQUIRES A CHILD DAYCARE CENTER TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PROCESS.
THAT'S HOW THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU.
THE CURRENT ZONING AT THIS LOT IS AGRICULTURAL.
THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF LAKE RIDGE PARKWAY AND WEST BAR ROAD.
SO THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN HERE, 7,430 SQUARE FEET FOR CHILD DAYCARE WITHIN AN EXISTING CHURCH.
THIS IS WOODS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, UH, 1,890
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SQUARE FEET FOR OUTDOOR PLAY AREA, WHICH IS MEETING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.UH, THERE WILL BE FOUR CLASSROOMS DEDICATED FOR CHILDREN, AGES FIVE TO 12, AND THEN FOUR CLASSROOMS DEDICATED FOR CHILDREN, UH, INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND PRESCHOOLERS.
THEY ARE MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE CURRENT, THE PARKING PLAN OR THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 84 AND THEY'RE PROVIDING A HUNDRED.
THIS IS COMBINING THE CHURCH AND THE CHILD DAYCARE USE.
SO THEY HAVE AMPLE PARKING FOR BOTH FOR THEIR OPERATIONAL PLAN.
THE, THE APPLICANT WANTS TO OPEN THE CHILD DAYCARE CENTER FROM 6:00 AM TO 6:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE WILL BE EIGHT TEACHERS, AND FOR ASSISTANT TEACHERS PRESENT, THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR CHILDREN IS 88 STUDENTS.
THERE WILL BE NO CURBSIDE DROP OFF OR PICKUP.
THE PARENT WILL HAVE TO GO IN TO SIGN IN OR SIGN OUT.
THE STUDENT AND THE BUILDING WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND PICTURE, IT CLEARLY DEPICTS THE, THE DOOR THAT'S EXITING RIGHT ONTO THE PLAYGROUND.
THAT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT, AND IT HAS TO BE FENCED IN WHICH IT ALREADY IS.
THERE WERE, UH, NO VARIANCES WITH THIS REQUEST.
WE SENT 12 NOTICES TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE RECEIVED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT ANY ROOM WITH CHILDREN AGES TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR YOUNGER, UH, THAT ARE BEING CARED FOR, MUST HAVE AN EXIT DOOR DIRECTLY EXITING OUTSIDE, OR THE BUILDING MUST BE, UH, PROTECTED BY AN AUTOMATIC FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, AND THE CHILD DAYCARE SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL STATE AND CITY REGULATIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MADDEN.
UM, SO ANY ROOM IN WHICH THE CHILDREN AGES TWO AND A HALF OR YOUNGER ARE CARED FOR, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR LAYOUT IS? IF THEY ARE, IF THEY'RE UTILIZING THE EXIT DOOR OR ARE THEY USING THE FIRE SPRINKLER? SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE, UH, FOR THE INFANT AND TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS, THAT'LL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT INSTITUTE IS A COST.
SO IF THE SUP IS APPROVED BEFORE THE CEO IS ISSUED, THAT MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT I'M, I'M SURPRISED THAT AS A CHURCH, EVEN IN THE NEWER CHURCH THAT'S NOT ALREADY SCREENED AND IT, IT MAY BE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY, UM, SCHOOLS OR DAYCARES THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THAT AREA? I DO NOT.
I CAN LOOK THAT UP BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ITS ZONING AREA FOR AGRICULTURE, AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE FENCE THAT WAS UP THERE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A WOODED AREA MM-HMM
AND, UM, DO WE KNOW IF THE CHURCH HAVE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OF COYOTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WOULD THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THAT FENCE? I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE APPLICANT AND SEE IF THEY HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
UH, I'M NOT AWARE OF, UH, ANY ANY COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED FOR THIS ADDRESS? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, THAT'S A VERY LARGE CHURCH, SO DO THEY HAVE ANY I'M PRETTY PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE EXISTING CHURCH SCHOOL, I'M ASSUMING.
AND IF THERE WERE ANY CONCERNS, I GUESS THEY WOULD'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO, UM, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
SO THEY'VE NEVER HAD ANY PRIOR DAYCARE AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON? AT A SMALLER LOCATION OR ON THE, ON THE FACILITY.
SO DID, DID HAVE AN OLD SUP THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THIS LOCATION FOR A CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY, BUT IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED OVER THE YEARS AND IT WASN'T IN OPERATION.
AND WITH OUR NEW REGULATION, THE OUTDOOR PLAY AREA MUST BE FENCED IN.
AND ARE THERE SUCH REQUIREMENTS BE BECAUSE OF THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH A NEW SUP PROCESS? SO THEY DID HAVE A DAYCARE AT SOME POINT, AT SOME POINT, CORRECT.
AND THEN NOW THAT EVERYTHING'S CHANGED, THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE, EVERYTHING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ITEM FOUR AND FIVE ARE COMPANION ITEMS. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 808 50.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF OSLER DRIVE AND SO GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY.
THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS MIXED USE, WHICH IS DEPICTED IN BLUE.
AND THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT TO THAT AREA IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS DEPICTED HERE IN LIGHT PURPLE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE ZONING PORTION OF THE REQUEST.
SO THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL
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ONE C ONE, AND THE REQUEST IS TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR FABRICATION ASSEMBLY PLASTIC PRODUCT.THIS IS FOR METRO CUSTOM PLASTICS.
THAT'S THE COMPANY THAT'S WANTING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND UH, USE IT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
UH, THIS IS, THE SITE IS NORTH OF 10 ACRES.
THE SI THE BUILDING'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT WITH 56 PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING TRUCK DOCKS, UH, WHICH WILL BE TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THIS CONCEPT PLAN.
THESE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS.
SO THE EAST ELEVATION WILL BE FACING TOWARDS SOUTH SOUTHWEST PARKWAY AND THE VEST ELEVATION WILL BE FACING TOWARDS THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AT THIS TIME.
62 NOTICES WERE SENT TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, ZERO RETURNED IN FAVOR AND TWO RETURNED OPPOSED.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE TWO OPPOSITION LETTERS WERE FROM THE ONE ADDRESS.
SO IT'S ONE ADDRESS, BUT TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, OF THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECIDES TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RUNNING ZONING REQUEST.
STAFF SUGGEST THAT SOME USES ARE REMOVED FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A BASE INDUSTRIAL LIGHT, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THESE ARE SEVERAL USES THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO BE REMOVED.
AND TO SUMMARIZE THEM, THEY'RE EITHER AUTO RELATED BUSINESSES, WAREHOUSING, UH, EXTERMINATION SERVICES, UH, AND OR MANUFACTURING SERVICES.
THEY WILL STILL BE, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED, THEY WILL STILL BE, UH, PERMISSIBLE TO DO THE FABRICATION, UH, ASSEMBLY OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR MAIN LAND USE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT.
WHEN YOU SAY PLASTICS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOME KIND OF SMELL OR ODOR FROM MAKING OF THE PLASTIC OR ANYTHING IS THAT IS SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL? SO PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING IS WHAT THE WEBSITE STATES AND OTHER PLASTIC RELATED PRODUCTS AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON THEIR OPERATIONS.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT COMMERCIAL ONE IS AGAIN? SO COMMERCIAL ONE IS ONE OF THE LIGHTEST COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE.
WOULD THAT BE OFFICE STATES? ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT? I HAVE SOME.
I JUST DON'T RECALL RIGHT OFF HAND.
SO THIS IS THE LAND USE CHART THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THESE ARE THE USES THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO YOU CAN SEE ONLY TWO USES ARE REQUESTED AS SUP AND REST ARE NOT PERMISSIBLE IN THE C ONE ZONING DISTRICT'S.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T REMEMBER EITHER.
WHICH I CAN TRY AND ZOOM IN OR JUST TELL US WHAT THEY ARE.
WELL, I, YEAH, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW FAR OFF FROM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IS, UM, UM, IF I ZOOM IN, IT'S GONNA YEAH, YOU'LL LOSE MORE OF THEM.
SO IF IT DOESN'T HAVE SOMETHING IN IT, SO YEAH, SO IF IT'S BLANK, THEN THAT USE IS PROHIBITED.
IF IT HAS AN S THEN IT'S A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
IF IT HAS AN X IN FRONT OF IT, THEN THAT USE IS PERMISSIBLE BY RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW, C ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT S IS IN IT.
SO IT HAS NO RIGHTS EXCEPT FOR WHAT'S THE SEP REQUESTS? THAT'S ONLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE USES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS, SO MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH AND LOOK INTO IT LATER.
SO THAT'S WHY IT SAID EVERYTHING WITH NOTHING.
IF IT'S BLANK, IT'S UH, PROHIBITED.
SO HOW CLOSE IS THIS IN PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT IS CLOSE AND THE APPLICANT HAS MADE CONTACT WITH THE HOA OR THE, UH, OR THE HOMEOWNERS.
AND AGAIN, THEY CAN SHED MORE LIGHT ONTO IT, UH, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING SESSION.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HERE'S THE CONCEPT PLAN AND HERE'S THE RESIDENTIAL ABUTTING.
AND LET ME, SO I CAN SEE THE RESIDENTIAL RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE, IT'S LIKE TREES OR SOME BUSHES OR SOMETHING THAT IN BETWEEN A MASONRY WALL, IS THAT A MASON WALL? SO A MASONRY WALL WILL BE REQUIRED A A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL BETWEEN THE SUBDIVISION AND THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
SO RIGHT ABOUT HERE, BUT THAT IS TIGHT.
IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE BACK END OF THEIR HOUSES
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LOOKS LIKE.SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, UM, THIS SITE IS GONNA BE RECESSED A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, THE DEVELOPER CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE BACKGROUND ON THAT.
UM, I MET
SINCE IT'S HER DISTRICT, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERNS THAT Y'ALL HAVE, WE NOTED THE SAME CONCERNS.
WE WANTED TO CALL AND TALK THROUGH THOSE.
UH, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GO TALK TO THE ABUTTING NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY DID.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S PARTLY THE REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A, A WHOLE SLOW SLEW OF OPPOSITION LETTERS.
SO THE LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS IT BEING RECESSED IS SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO NOISE.
THERE'S NO DOCKS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.
THEY'RE BOTH, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH.
UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS ACCESS.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THEY KIND OF ADDRESSED THAT AS WELL.
SO OVERALL COUNSEL PROVIDED, UH, GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPLICATION.
WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO TRYING TO LIMITATION LIMITATION, SOME OF THE LIMIT, SOME OF THE USES.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT BACKGROUND.
WAS THERE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC, UH, STUDY DONE OR ANYTHING? NO, NOT WITH THIS BECAUSE THAT IS CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AND KIDS, EVERYBODY TRYING TO GET OUT AT THE SAME TIME, I GUESS.
UH, 'CAUSE THAT IS A BUSY AREA THAT WAY.
I DO RECALL IT'S SORT OF A BUSY AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ITEM SIX AND SEVEN ARE ALSO COMPANION ITEMS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THEM TOGETHER.
UH, THIS IS 28 0 1 ARKANSAS LANE.
UH, FIRST IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN IS ZONE CHANGE SLASH CONCEPT PLAN.
ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF ARKANSAS LANE AND SOUTH GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE AIRPORT.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, HERE IS ALSO MIXED USE.
AND UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS PD 4 21, WHICH IS, UH, FOR TOWN HOMES.
THE REQUEST IS TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR TWO INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES.
UH, THE BUILDINGS WILL TOTAL, UH, 141, UH, THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT, UH, A LITTLE NORTH OF THAT AND THEN 171 PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING TRUCK DOCKS.
THEY HAVE DESIGNED THE TRUCK DOCKS SO THEY CAN BE MOSTLY SCREENED FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
OF COURSE, THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH ALL APPENDIX X AND UDC REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY COME FOR THE SITE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
THE FOR PUBLIC NOTICES 58 NOTICE WERE SENT, UH, ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THE DRC IS COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BECAUSE THEY, IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP STAFF FINDS THAT THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, WHICH IS FOR THE TOWN HOMES BETTER ADHERES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, AND ITS INTENT FOR THIS AREA.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER, I CONFIRM I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP, SO ALL AROUND IT EXCEPT FOR TO THE EAST IS ALL WAREHOUSES OR AIRPORT RIGHT NORTH OF THERE IS WAREHOUSES SOUTH OF THERE, OR ACTUALLY IT'S AN AUTOMOTIVE PLACE, I THINK NORTH THERE ACROSS ARKANSAS.
SOUTH OF THERE ARE THOSE NEW WAREHOUSES THAT WE, UM, HAVE ACTED ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO, AND ACROSS FROM THERE IS THE AIRPORT.
THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY, THEY, UH, BUT RESIDENCES IS ON THE EAST? CORRECT.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL ALL THAT RESIDENTIAL RIGHT THERE, BUT OKAY, THANK YOU.
I WAS THINKING THAT SAME THING AND WONDERING ABOUT THE AIRPORT BEING ACROSS THE STREET, WHO WANTS TO HEAR THE NOISE FROM THE AIRPORT AND IN, IN A BUILDING, MORE RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, HAVE THEY HAD ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE, THE AIR TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING? NOT THAT WE'VE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS.
SEE MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT INDUSTRIAL THAN THAT NATURE AS OPPOSED TO THE RESIDENTIAL REALLY THAT CAME UP DURING
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THE REZONING FOR THEIR PROPERTY TO MAKE IT TOWN HOMES.SO I THINK, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I'M AWARE OF ABOUT THIS APPLICATION, UM, THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY IT WAS REZONED FOR TOWN HOMES.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A MIXED BAG.
LIKE COMMISSIONER MADDEN SAID IT'S MOSTLY, UH, WAREHOUSES AND THAT TYPE AND ONLY A SMALL PORTION OR RESIDENTIAL.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE STILL NEED TO BE LISTENED TO.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT MORE RESIDENTIAL AND MAYBE A GROCERY STORE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BRING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE A MORE NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
HOW DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT? I, I WOULD ONLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOURS AND WHAT SIDE THE DOCKS WERE ON.
IF THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING, I'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THEY LIVE THERE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE COMPLAINING AND WANTING A TOWN HOMES AND THEN WE PUT A WAREHOUSE THERE, WE'RE GOING AGAINST THEIR WISHES AND THEY'RE PAYING TAXES ALREADY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
THEY MAY HAVE NOT EVEN ONE OF THOSE TOWN HOMES.
UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM BEING ABLE TO LOOKOUT FROM THE SECOND STORY WHEN IT WAS
IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? UH, RASHAD, THEY NOTED INDUSTRIAL, BUT THEY ALSO SAID THEY WOULD PREFER NOTHING THERE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE, THAT WAS THE AREA, WASN'T IT? OR WAS IT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH THAT USED TO, THAT HAD THE PLAN? UM, FOR TOWN HOMES? IT WAS A LOCATION.
IT WAS, IT'S BEEN A WHILE THOUGH.
PREVIOUSLY ZONED COMMERCIAL, THEN REZONED TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR TOWN HOMES AND NOW APPLICANT'S WANTING TO DO INDUSTRIAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GRAND PRAIRIE HAS GONE INDUSTRIAL NOW? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? THAT'S A RASHAD QUESTION IN SAVANNAH.
I WOULD SAY JUST CONSIDERING, UM, ZONING, WHAT'S ZONED AND DEVELOPED SO FAR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY FOR THIRD, A THIRD NORTH OF 30 IS ALL INDUSTRIAL PRIMARILY.
AND THEN YOU GOT A MIX RESIDENTIAL, SOME INDUSTRIAL.
THE ONLY OTHER INDUSTRIAL, THE REST IS RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SO ONLY OTHER INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL THAT WE HAVE LEFT IS ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH, WHICH WE'RE CALLING THE SOUTH GATE.
SO RIGHT NOW, BREAKING IT UP FROM 30 CITY LIMITS TO 30, THAT'S A THIRD OF THE CITY FROM 30 TO 20.
THAT'S A THIRD OF THE CITY AND 20 TO THE CITY LIMITS, THAT'S A THIRD OF THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT IT.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT THOUGH, BECAUSE WE DO, WE SEEM LIKE WE DOING MOSTLY WAREHOUSES LATELY.
YEAH, IT'S A STRONG MARKET RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE THESE, THIS PROPERTY AT A HIGHER, HIGHER MARKET RATE AND DEVELOP THEIR, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T AS COSTLY, BIG, HUGE OPEN WAREHOUSE, BUT TO, AND THEN THE DISTRIBUTION, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THEIR ONLINE SHOPPING AND DISTRIBUTION FROM THESE LOCATIONS.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY ON THAT END.
SO ARE WE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER CITY? SMALLER.
I MEAN SINCE SIMILAR CITIES SURROUNDING US, LIKE, UH, ARLINGTON AND UH, MANSFIELD, WE, AS FAR AS, UH, WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS, SO TO SPEAK, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW.
WASN'T ARLINGTON LIKE A LOT OF WAREHOUSES TOO AT ONE POINT AND THEN THEY'VE ALL SHUT DOWN AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES IN ARLINGTON, I SHOULD SAY THAT.
I MEAN THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE, ARE NOT, UH, THAT ARE, ARE NOT OPEN OR EMPTY, YOU KNOW? YES.
SO THAT IS THAT, THAT'S YOUR POINT.
I MEAN, WELL I WOULD ALSO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND WHETHER THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY IS, IS APPROPRIATE FOR FLU CHANGES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AS WELL AS PREZONING AS WELL.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, SAS PRESENTATION.
THAT BEING SAID, I GUESS WE'RE DONE AT 5:55 PM OF THE BOARD, 3:00 PM RECONVENE AT 6:30 PM 18.