From
Monica Espinoza, Executive Assistant
Title
SU200601/S200601 - Specific Use Permit/Site Plan - R/T Services Office and Truck Storage (City Council District 1). Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Heavy Truck Parking and Heavy Equipment Parking facility on 2.136 acres. Tracts 3 and 3.2, John C Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3409 Hardrock Rd. (On September 28, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 6-1).
Presenter
Savannah Ware, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Specific Use Permit and Site Plan for a Heavy Truck Parking and Heavy Equipment Parking facility on 2.136 acres. Tracts 3 and 3.2, John C Reed Survey, Abstract No. 1183, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned LI, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 3409 Hardrock Rd.
ADJACENT LAND USES AND ACCESS:
The following table summarizes the zoning designation and existing use for the surrounding properties.
Table 1: Adjacent Zoning and Land Uses
Direction Zoning Existing Use
North LI Light Industrial (Metal Finishing)
South SF-1 Single Family Residence
East LI SH-161; Light Industrial
West LI Light Industrial
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant intends to establish a Heavy Truck Parking and Heavy Equipment Parking facility in the Light Industrial (LI) district. This use requires a Specific Use Permit. The purpose of the Specific Use Permit process is to identify those uses which might be appropriate within a zoning district, but due to either their location, functional or operational nature, could have potentially negative impact upon surrounding properties; and to provide for a procedure whereby such uses might be permitted by further restricting or conditioning them so as to eliminate such probable negative impacts.
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