From
Monica Espinoza, Executive Assistant
Title
TA201001 - Text Amendment - Appendix O - Hospital District. Text Amendment to Appendix O: Hospital District of the Unified Development Code to add "Funeral Home" to the list of permissible uses. (On October 26, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0).
Presenter
Savannah Ware, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The purpose of this request is to add “Funeral Home” to the list of permissible uses in Appendix O: Hospital District. The Hospital District is located immediately east of the common corporate boundary line for the City of Grand Prairie and the City of Arlington, south of Sherman St. The purpose of the Hospital District is to create a single area in which the physical and mental health needs of the citizenry can be accommodated in a comprehensive fashion with support facilities that complement the health care land uses. On October 26, 2020, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0.
This request will add “Funeral Home” to Section 7.3.3: Permitted Principal Uses.
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX O, “HOSPITAL DISTRICT” OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 4779, PASSED ON NOVEMBER 20, 1990, TO ADD FUNERAL HOME TO THE LIST OF PERMISSIBLE USES IN THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON ITS PASSAGE AND APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, Section 1.11.3.1 of the Unified Development Code of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas states: “Amendments to the text of the Unified Development Code shall be initiated only by action of the City Council or City Council Development Committee directing the City Manager or designee to initiate such a request on behalf of the City, or by the initiative of the City Manager or designee”; ...
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