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READY? THANK YOU GRACE FOR COMING.[Planning & Zoning Briefing 07282025]
NO PROBLEM.UM, WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 28TH, 2025.
I'M JOHNO THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
'CAUSE I THINK WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECORDING.
I TOLD YOU WE DON'T, WE I, NO, I THOUGHT WE WENT ON TV FOR THIS, BUT SAYS OVER THERE.
YEAH, WE GOTTA GO CONSULT WITH THE RESERVE THERE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THAT LONG PAST ONE.
IT DID LOOK TOO CONTROVERSIAL AS, NO.
WELCOME TO THE STAFF BRIEFING OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 28TH, 2025.
I'M JOHN FEDORKO, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS, THIS STAFF BRIEFING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HE SURVEYED CALLED THE ORDER AT 5:32 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 PRESENT PRESENTATION OF CASES.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN DURING THE BRIEFING.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WILL BEGIN NO EARLIER THAN 6:30 PM TONIGHT.
I WILL NOW CALL, I'LL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS TO CONFIRM, CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM.
AFTER I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, I'LL START OFF WITH MYSELF.
JAMIE MENDEZ TI LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR, UH, CHAIRWOMAN SMITH.
UH, TY CHAPMAN, UH, JANIE MENDEZ, TI VICTOR MEDINA.
UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH NEED TO BE DISCUSSED BY STAFF? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WHICH NEED TO DISCUSSED DISCUSSED IN THE SESSION TODAY? NO, SIR.
STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT? YES.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE ITEM NUMBER TWO, A SITE PLAN STP 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 5.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS A NEW INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR MANUFACTURING AT THE EXISTING POLY AMERICA CAMPUS.
THEY ARE PLANNING ON, UM, DEMOLISHING ONE OF THEIR SMALL BUILDING AND USE THE OPEN SPACE ALL AROUND IT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW, UH, INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
SO HERE'S THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND THE PARKING.
THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH OUR DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT, EXCEPT FOR THE BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THE PORTION THAT WHERE THEY HOUSE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO INCREASE THE PARKING, ALLOWABLE PARKING TO, UM, EXCEED THE PARKING MAXIMUM.
THEY'RE COMPLYING GENERALLY WITH LANDSCAPE PLAN, WITH TWO EXCEPTIONS.
THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE HERE.
IT GOES FROM FIVE AND A HALF FEET TO 236 FEET.
IF YOU KIND OF CALCULATE OVERALL THE LANDSCAPE AREA PROVIDED IT ACTUALLY EXCEED WHAT THEY WOULD'VE PROVIDED IF THEY WERE TRYING TO MEET THE 30 FOOT BUFFER.
AND AGAIN, SINCE THIS IS IN EXISTING CONDITION, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE CONCERN FOR THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THEY ARE PROVIDING, UM, THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT PER APPENDIX X.
THEY ARE PROVIDING A SITTING AREA WITH, UM, LANDSCAPE AND SHADED STRUCTURE AND, UM, SEATING.
THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING A WALKING TRAIL KIND OF AROUND OUR CAMPUS.
SINCE THEIR CAMPUS IS, UM, GATED ACCESS, IT WILL MOSTLY FOR, UM, THE EMPLOYEES ONLY, BUT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
AGAIN, HERE'S THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS PROPOSED.
UM, ONE THING I JUST WANNA NOTE IT IS A TILT WALL BUILDING, BUT THIS KIND OF GENERALLY MATCHES ALL THE REST OF THE BUILDING THAT'S ON CAMPUS AND THAT'S THEIR DESIRE, UM, TO MATCH KIND OF THE EXISTING FINISHES.
THE, UM, BUILDING ITSELF IS ACTUALLY, UM,
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40 FOOT TALL WITH SOME OFFICE AREAS HAVING TWO STORIES, ALL THE MANUFACTURING AREA BEING JUST A SINGLE STORY.AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE BECAUSE, UM, SOME OF THEIR EQUIPMENT ACTUALLY NEEDS THE 70 FOOT CLEARANCE.
SO THEY PLAN ON COVERING THAT UP WITH A NICE, UH, METAL, UH, STAIN SCENE METAL FINISHES TO SCREEN IT AGAIN, IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT, THE PORTION THAT WILL EXTRE OUT IS BACK IN HERE, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE MARSHALL DRIVE, WHICH IS THE ONLY STREET FRONTAGE THAT THEY HAVE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PARKING IN FRONT OF IT.
SO STAFF DOES NOT, UH, BELIEVE THIS WILL BE, UM, FOR LIKE EYESORE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BLEND IN WITH THE REST OF THE BUILDING WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT SILOS.
THERE ARE AT THAT HEIGHT, AGAIN, THEY'RE REQUESTING FIVE VARIANCES.
THE FIRST IS THE BUILDING HEIGHT, AGAIN FOR THE PORTION, UH, FOR THE EQUIPMENT SILOS TO BE AT 70 FEET.
UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING A LANDSCAPE BUFFER, A REDUCTION, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE AS IS WITHOUT MODIFICATION.
THEY'RE REQUESTING VARIANCES TO THE NUMBER OF TREES.
UM, THEY DO HAVE SOME TREES ON SITE.
THEY'RE KEEPING ALL OF THEM AND PROVIDING AS MANY TREES THEY CAN FIT WITH THE DEVELOPED AREA.
HOWEVER, THEY'RE COMING SHORT OF THE REQUIRED PIECE.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE MAXIMUM PARKING.
THEY WISH TO PROVIDE 284 SPACES, WHICH IS 30, UH, 51 SPACES OVER THE ALLOWED MAXIMUM OF 233.
CONSIDERING THAT THEY'RE PART OF A LARGER CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T REALLY SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT PARKING VARIANCE.
THE FIFTH ONE IS THE BUILDING ELEVATION.
THEY'RE ASKING VARIANCE IS TYPICALLY FOR NEW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THAT, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT YOU WILL SEE ALONG 1 61, OUR DESIRES TO SEE ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS SO THAT IT WILL, YOU KNOW, LOOK PRETTIER THAN THE STANDARD BOX LOOKING BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE REQUESTING VARIANCES SO THEY CAN KEEP THE CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
AGAIN, THIS IS FOR YOU TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A HUGE ISSUE WITH THAT.
PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S AN ENLARGED CAMPUS THAT'S ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY A, A GATED ENTRY AND THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE, UH, THE STREET FRONTAL, WHICH IS A MARSHALL DRIVE.
IF YOU, I I KNOW YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY MARSHALL DRIVE.
IT'S JUST THEM AND THE LOCKHEED MARTIN TO THE SOUTH, SO IT'S NOT HIGHLY VISIBLE TO OTHER, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SUMMARY OF THE VARIANCES THAT IS RECOMMENDING, UM, APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
ONE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWN THAT THE APPROVED SITE PLAN MUST BE APPROVED BY TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS PART OF THEIR SITE PLAN, THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE EXISTING INTERSECTION BY CREATING A LEFT TURN LANE AND INSTALLING NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT.
AGAIN, PART OF THE REASON THAT STAFF DOES NOT FEEL SO, UH, OBJECTIVE AGAINST THE LANDSCAPE VARIANCES IN THE BUILDING VARIANCE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME IMPROVEMENT WILL BE DONE TO THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, NEXT IS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION NEEDED TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT PARKWAY WIDTH.
AND THE PROJECT SHALL PROVIDE ATTENTION TO MANAGE POST PROJECT STORMWATER RUNOFF ON.
UM, ALTERNATIVELY DRAINAGE IMPACT STUDY CAN BE SUBMITTED.
SO IT'S TYPICAL STANDARD THAT WE HAVE, UNLESS YOU PROVIDE DRAINAGE.
WE ASK FOR A STUDY, SO THIS WILL BE HANDLED DURING A CIVIL INJURY AND PLAN REVIEW.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO THE APPLICATION NOTE, APPLICANT KNOWS OUR EXPECTATION.
THE FOURTH IS THAT THE OPEN SPACE ELEMENT SHOULD BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE SO, UH, CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY.
WE TYPICALLY ASK ALL THE LANDSCAPING TO BE PROVIDED BEFORE WE CAN ISSUE A CO.
AND, UM, OUR CO INSPECTORS GOES OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE IT'S INSTALLED.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S IN PLACE.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SIDE PLEASE? YES.
ARE THE BUILDINGS TO THE LEFT ALSO THERE OR ONLY BACK BEHIND EVERYTHING? UM, SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THE ENTIRE CAMPUS IS ABOUT THIS BIG.
SO THEY'RE ONLY TAKING A PORTION, BUT THESE ARE IN THE BUILDINGS ARE SURROUNDING IT ON ALL THREE SIDES ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THEIR CAMPUS AND ALL THOSE OTHER BUILDINGS ARE THAT WARRANTY.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE NOT EVEN ORANGE BRICK
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUNE? YES.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THE BAR FOR THE HEIGHTS FOR THAT SILO, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO WHATEVER IS PROJECTING ABOVE THE ORANGE BUILDING, THOSE ARE THE ONLY PORTION THAT WILL BE 70 FEET? YES SIR.
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I HAVE ONE QUESTION.YOU KNOW HOW LONG POLY AMERICA'S BEEN HERE? I MEAN, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE PROBABLY.
I DID NOT LOOK UP THE EXACT YEAR THEY'VE BEEN HERE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE PRESERVING THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S BEEN THERE? I DO NOT, BUT I KNOW WHEN I DROVE FROM NEXT TO IT, THE TREES LOOKED PRETTY TALL, SO I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 10, 20 YEARS PROBABLY TO BE THAT BIG.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS A SITE PLAN.
IT'S ITEM NUMBER THREE, SITE PLAN STP 25 0 6 0 0 1 8.
THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY, SO JUST A RECAP.
UM, WE, THEY HAD A ZONING, UM, THAT ALLOWED FOR MULTIFAMILY THAT WAS CALLED PD 18.
SO THEY CAME BACK IN MAY AND ADOPTED THEIR CONCEPT PLAN TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT FOR MULTIFAMILY, WHICH CITY COUNCIL APPROVED.
AND WE GAVE THEM THE NEW PD NAME, WHICH IS, UH, PD SIX, UH, 4 6 4.
YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE APPROVED THE FIRST PHASE CALLED PROS.
SO THERE'S THIS COMING THROUGH WITH THE DETAILED DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE PD AND OUR REGULATION DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THERE WILL BE EIGHT BUILDINGS, UM, WITH TOTAL 300 UNITS.
AGAIN, UM, THESE DENSITY AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENT PARKING REQUIREMENT WERE PART OF THE PD AND THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE ALSO COMPLYING WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT AND ARE FOLLOWING WHAT WE APPROVED DURING THE ZONING.
THEY ARE, UH, COMPLYING WITH THE TREE MITIGATION REQUIREMENT WHERE THEY'RE PLANTING ENOUGH NEW TREES.
UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF EXISTING TREES.
I BELIEVE MOST OF THE SITE IS ACTUALLY ALREADY CLEARED.
UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT HERE.
SO, AND ANY TREES THERE IN BUILDING FOOTPRINT ARE EXEMPTED AS WELL.
THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE APPENDIX W REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES AND THE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF PRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONER MADDEN, CAN YOU, UM, YEAH.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE, DID THEY REARRANGE THE, THEY REARRANGED ALL THE BUILDING, RIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
IT DOESN'T, I KNOW YOU HAVE IT FACING SIDEWAYS, NORTH OVER HERE.
I I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CHANGED ANYTHING FROM THE CONSEQUENCE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UHHUH? NO, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE SOUTH SIDE AGAIN OR WHAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO WEST SIDE THEY SHARE THE BORDER WITH THE PHASE ONE AND I BELIEVE THESE PROPERTIES, I THINK WE LOOKED AT IT WHEN WE ARE DOING A ZONING WHERE IT WAS, LET ME SEE.
I THINK THIS ONE HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS NOT SHOWING THE SCREEN THAT I WAS SEEING.
SO AGAIN, UM, THIS WEST BOUNDARY IS THE PHASE ONE CONNECTION AND THAT ONE'S VACANT CURRENTLY, AND I BELIEVE THIS ONE HAS A HOUSE ON IT.
THERE'S ONE BUILDING BEING PROPOSED RIGHT HERE.
BUT TO THE LEFT OF THE YELLOW PROPERTY OUTLINED, WHAT, WHAT DID WE APPROVE FOR THERE? WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THERE.
IT'S A EXISTING, UM, HOME, I BELIEVE RESIDENTIAL HOME ON THERE.
WE DIDN'T REALLY APPROVE ANY SITE PLANS OR ANY OTHER ZONING CHANGES.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE BULK OF IT OFF THE I 20 HERE? OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, NEVERMIND.
I WAS THINKING WE WERE FURTHER DOWN.
DOESN'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AMENDMENT, UH, FOR SHOOT SMART.
THIS IS LOCATED, UH, THE BUSINESS AT 24 40 WEST MAIN STREET.
UH, SO THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THEIR EXISTING SUP TO ADD GUN MANUFACTURING AS AN ALLOWED USE
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AT ZONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.AND THEIR EXISTING SUP 8 35 ALLOWS PUBLIC FIRING TRAINING COMPETITION RANGE WITH FIREARM AND MUNITION SALES.
SO THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS INCLUDE GUNSMITHING SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THEIR FIREARMS AND EMPLOYEES OF SHOOT SMARTT.
ALSO, PURCHASE PARTS ASSEMBLE INTO CUSTOM FIREARMS FOR USE AT THE SHOOTING RANGE.
UM, SO THE A TF DEFINES ASSEMBLY AND MODIFICATION OF FIREARMS AS FIREARM MANUFACTURING.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO ADD THAT FIREARM MANUFACTURING IS ALLOWED USE, UM, BUT THEIR PROPOSED OPERATIONS IS MUCH NARROWER THAN WHAT THAT MIGHT ENTAIL.
SO IT'S REALLY LIMITED TO, UH, THE EMPLOYEES, UM, KIND OF CUSTOMIZING THEIR IN-HOUSE, UH, FIREARMS THAT ARE USED, UH, AT THE FIRING RANGE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THEIR OPERATION PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED.
AND AGAIN, UH, THIS SUP WILL ADD THE GUN MANUFACTURING USE, BUT THEN FURTHER TIE IT DOWN TO THESE EXACT OPERATIONS.
UM, SO THE, UH, GUNSMITH PURCHASE PARTS DISASSEMBLE INTO CUSTOM FIREARMS INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC RIGHT OR FIREARMS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY.
AND IT'S NOT FOR SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, SO NO ACTUAL PARTS OF ANY KIND OR MANUFACTURING AT SHOOT.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, UH, THIS SUP WILL FURTHER TIE IT DOWN TO THIS OPERATIONAL PLAN.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECKONS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT GUN MANUFACTURING OPERATION SHALL COMPLY WITH EXHIBIT B OPERATIONAL PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. SMITH? SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN ADD JOBS, IT'S JUST KIND OF LEGALIZING WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
I, I THINK WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THEIR PERMITS WITH THE A TF OR, OR, OR HOWEVER, THEY NEED TO SEE THAT EXACT VERBIAGE ON THAT CO.
AND SO THIS IS A MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE UM, YES.
THAT PART? SO THE GUNMAN, OKAY, WHERE IS IT? IT SAYS IT'S NO ACTUAL COURT.
IT'S NO WAIT, IT NOT FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE GUNSMITHS ALSO IT FULLY AUTOMATIC FIREARM INCLUDING FULLY AUTOMATIC FIREARMS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY.
THEY, THEY PURCHASED PARTS TO ASSEMBLE IN A CUSTOM FIREARMS. THEY PUR, I'M NOT SURE IN THAT SENTENCE.
SO WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH FULLY AUTOMATIC PARTS? SO I THINK THEY HAVE A COLLECTION OF FIREARMS AVAILABLE IF YOU WANNA COME AND SHOOT THOSE FIREARMS FOR RENT BY HOUR OR HOWEVER IT WORKS.
THOSE GUNS ARE THEIR, THEIR GUNS, THEY'RE NOT SOLD TO THE PUBLIC.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, UM, MODIFYING THE PURCHASE.
JUST TO, UH, TO BE CLEAR ON THE, I THINK IT SAYS THE MANUFACTURING PRIMARILY TO REPAIR RIGHT IN THE SIMPLE REPAIR OR CUSTOMIZE.
SO THEY'RE NOT MAKING ENTIRE GUNS AT THIS FACILITY, BUT THEY COULD, YOU COULD TAKE YOUR CITY WILL AND GET REPAIRED POSSIBLY.
IS THAT WHAT I POSSIBLY UM, AND THEN AGAIN THEY'RE IN-HOUSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE LAST ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS ITEM NUMBER SIX.
THIS IS AN SUP REQUEST, SUP 25 0 2 0 0 0 9 SU SLASH SITE PLAN FOR FM PREMIUM AUTO SHOP.
SO PROPOSED PROPERTY IS ON, UH, FACING D WORTH.
IT'S ACTUALLY DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE, UH, SUNBELT.
THAT'S IN ACTUALLY ARLINGTON CITY BOUNDARY.
SO THE RED LINE REPRESENTS OUR CITY BOUNDARY.
SO THIS IS A CP SITE PLAN FOR OUR AUTO PAINT SHOP.
UH, THE BUSINESS OWNER ACTUALLY HAS ANOTHER LOCATION ELSEWHERE AND HE JUST WANTS TO EXPAND PORTION OF HIS BUSINESS.
SO HE WILL USE, HE'LL BE USING THIS SITE ONLY FOR HIS PAINT WORK.
THIS IS THE DOWARD STREET, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE EQUIPMENT RENTAL PLACE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT, UM, I KNOW DALWORTH HAS SOME RESIDENTIAL USES.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT JUST THE STREET, UM, OVER, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ANOTHER STREET DOWN FROM WHERE THEY ARE.
SO THEY ARE ABUTTING SOME, UM, ALREADY EXISTING, UM, INDUSTRIAL SLASH UM, HOUSE THAT'S BEEN CONVERTED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
THEY'RE NOT DIRECTLY ABUTTING ANY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEXES THAT ARE EXISTING IN THAT AREA.
SO THEY SITE PLAN, THIS IS THE D STREET WHERE THEY'RE ENTERING, THEY'RE PROPOSING A SINGLE BUILDING THAT WILL BE SUBDIVIDED
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INTO FOUR, UH, THREE LARGE WORK BAYS IN A SMALL AREA WITH OFFICES AND OTHER USES.THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE ZONING REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY MEETING OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE PROVIDING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE FRONT YARD AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED TREES.
UM, THEY ARE PLANNING ON DOING SOME, UH, NICE, UH, STOREFRONT GLAZING WITH THE, UH, STONE BASE AND, UH, THIN BRICK.
THEY WILL START, BEGIN WITH THE MIDDLE BUILDING, BUT THEY WILL, UH, CLAD IT OVER WITH, UH, NICER FINISHES AT LEAST ON THE FRONT AND BOTH SIDE ELEVATIONS.
SO AGAIN, HERE ARE THE FOUR WORK BASE AND HOW THAT'S DIVIDED UP.
SO THE GLAZING, ANOTHER FEATURE WILL BE AT THE, UH, AREA WHERE THE CUSTOMER LOBBIES ARE PROVIDED AND THESE WILL BE THE OFFICES.
THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY VARIANCES.
AND THE DRC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION THAT THE AUDI BODY AUTO BODY WORK SHALL NOT BE PERFORMED AT THIS LOCATION.
AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE RELATED USES MAY BE ALLOWED, UH, PER ARTICLE FOUR REQUIREMENT OF AN SUP.
THE REASON WE WANTED TO PUT IT THERE IS THE, THERE IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING, IT ALLOWS AUTO BODY SHOP OR AUTO PAINT SHOP, BUT NOT BOTH.
THIS CONCLUDES, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STEP AT THIS TIME? OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING SECTION UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE AND, UH, WE'LL ADJOURN UNTIL THE 6:30 PM FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.