From
Chris Hartmann
Title
CPA180303 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Luxe Grand Prairie (City Council District 4). Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to change approximately 23.39 acres from Commercial/Retail/Office to High-Density Residential. A portion of Tract 1, Memucan Hunt Survey, Abstract No. 757, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-30 and PD-44 in the IH-20 Corridor Overlay, addressed as 4115 S. Great Southwest Parkway and generally located south of the intersection of Bardin Road and Sgt. Greg L. Hunter Lane, approximately 750 feet east of Great Southwest Parkway. (On June 4, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission denied this request by a vote of 6-2). This case is being appealed per Article 1 Section 1.11.5.9 of the Unified Development Code.
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to change approximately 23.39 acres from Commercial/Retail/Office to High Density Residential. A portion of Tract 1, Memucan Hunt Survey, Abstract No. 757, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas, zoned PD-30 and PD-44 in the IH-20 Corridor Overlay, addressed as 4115 S. Great Southwest Parkway and generally located south of the intersection of Bardin Road and Sgt. Greg L. Hunter Lane, approximately 750 feet east of Great Southwest Parkway.
ADJACENT LAND USES AND ACCESS:
North: Planned Development (PD-250) developed as Retail Commercial.
South: Planned Development (PD-50) developed as Single-Family Residential.
East: Planned Development (PD-372) developed as production and shipping facility (Flex-N-Gate)
West: Planned Development (PD-44) partially developed as Retail Commercial.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT:
The 2010 Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designates this area as Commercial/Retail/Mixed-Use. A change to the zoning map from a PD for Industrial uses to a PD for multi-family uses is proposed concurrently with this request. The applicant plans to develop commercial on 10.83 acres of undeveloped property immediately west of the zoning area. Staff finds that locating the multi-family adjacent to existing and planned commercial and industrial uses such as Kroger, Aldi, Wal-Mart, and Flex-N-Gate conforms to Objective 2 of the Comprehensive Plan by reducing sprawl, developing an infill lot, and providing integrated community uses with housing, retail, employment, trails and parklike spaces within walking distance. The proposal also conforms to Objective 3 by locating higher density residential uses along an arterial roadway (Bardin Road).
Given that the developer intends to retain the existing Retail/Commercial zoning to the west of the property for the intended uses, and to rezone only the existing Industrial zoning to Multi-Family, and given that the change to Multi-Family will provide additional residential units to support existing and proposed Retail/Commercial on the surrounding properties, staff recommends approval of the requested change of the Future Land Use map from Commercial/Retail/Office to High-Density Residential.
RECOMMENDATION:
DRC recommends approval of the requested amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.
At its June 4, 2018 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-2 to recommend denial of the request.
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS AMENDING THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, WHICH UPDATES THE 2010 FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION FOR 23.393 ACRES OUT OF THE MEMUCAN HUNT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 757, CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 655 FEET TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF BARDIN ROAD AND S. GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, AND AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BELOW FROM COMMERCIAL/RETAIL/OFFICE TO HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL; AND MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 1.11.5.1 of the Unified Development Code of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas stipulates that the Planning and Zoning Commission shall conduct a public hearing and make recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, Notice was given of a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the City of Grand Prairie Development Center, 206 W. Church Street, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. on June 4, 2018, such Notice of the time and place of such hearing having been given at least ten (10) days prior to such hearing by publication in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, a newspaper of general circulation in such municipality; and
WHEREAS, after consideration of said amendment, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas voted 6 to 2 to recommend to the City Council of Grand Prairie, Texas, that said Comprehensive Plan should be denied; and
WHEREAS, Notice was given of a further public hearing to be held by the City Council of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the City Hall Plaza Building, at 6:30 o'clock P.M. on June 19, 2018, to consider the advisability of amending the Comprehensive Plan as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, such Notice of the time and place of such hearing having been given at least fifteen (15) days prior to such hearing by publication in the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, a newspaper of general circulation in such municipality.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
THAT the Future Land Use Map for 2010 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Grand Prairie be amended and revised and described as follows:
A. Change classification from Commercial/Retail/Office to High-Density Residential on property delineated in Exhibit A, being 23.393 acres out of the Memucan Hunt Survey, Abstract No. 757, in the City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas.
SECTION 2.
THAT if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provisions and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof.
SECTION 3.
THAT this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, THIS the 19TH OF JUNE, 2018.
ORDINANCE NO. 10486-2018
CASE NO. CPA180303