From
Chris Hartmann
Title
CPA191003 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Riverside Mixed Use (City Council District 1). Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Use. Lot 1-R, Block 1, Riverside Club Addition and an unplatted remainder situated in the N. Underwood Survey, Abstract No. T1582, the J. Estill Survey, Abstract No. 491, and an unknown survey, abstract No. T1904, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas. Zoned LI, Light Industrial within the SH 360 Overlay District and addressed as 3000 Riverside Parkway, Grand Prairie, Texas. (On October 7, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 8-0).
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation from Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Use. Lot 1-R, Block 1, Riverside Club Addition and an unplatted remainder situated in the N. Underwood Survey, Abstract No. T1582, the J. Estill Survey, Abstract No. 491, and an unknown survey, abstract No. T1904, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas. Zoned LI, Light Industrial within the SH 360 Overlay District and addressed as 3000 Riverside Parkway, Grand Prairie, Texas.
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The purpose of the request is to amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) so that the FLUM is consistent with a development proposed at this location. The development will include hotel and multi-family residential uses along with the balance of the existing golf course.
ANALYSIS:
The Open Space/Drainage Land Use category primarily consists of floodplains located along the many waterways running through Grand Prairie. These areas should be preserved as public and neighborhood-oriented open spaces, and incorporate trails and drainage corridors which are left in a naturalistic state. Impacts on these areas should be closely considered when intense uses are proposed within close proximity.
The proposal is consistent with goals, policies, and objectives in the 2010 and 2018 Comprehensive Plans, including:
• Leverage the construction of frontage roads to encourage commercial development, including hotels. “Restaurants, retail, and hotels incorporated into the highway frontage capitalizes on tourist traffic visiting attractions in Grand Prairie as well as those in Arlington and Dallas” (p. 124).
• Achieve a broad housing selection for a diverse population. Currently, 2/3rds of housing in Grand Prairie consists of detached single-family;
• Provide housing options that serve the needs of the population throughout the stages of their lives;
• Locate higher density residential uses along roadways designated as minor arterials, principle arterials or limited access thoroughfares, such as SH 360.
The designation of Open Space/Drainage for this property does not currently match the definition of OS/D in the Comprehensive Plan. While the golf course does partially sit within a floodplain, it is not in a natural state. Amending the designation to Mixed Use would bring an underdeveloped site at a highway intersection into alignment with its potential, as well as alignment with neighboring development consisting of multi-family, office, lodging, recreation, and industrial. Furthermore, the proposed development would actually fulfill a key characteristic of the OS/D designation, since it would sit in close proximity to existing and proposed regional veloweb connections in Arlington and Fort Worth.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Development Review Committee (DRC) recommends approval.
At its October 7, 2019 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 8-0 to recommend approval.
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS AMENDING THE 2018 FUTURE LAND USE MAP, A COMPONENT OF THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION FOR 259 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED ON TWO TRACTS. TRACT ONE 13 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE NORMAN UNDERWOOD SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1582, TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL CALLED TRACT ONE AS CONVEYED BY DEED TO CPG RIVERSIDE, L.P., AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 17362, PG. 58, DEED RECORDS, TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS AND TRACT TWO 246 ACRES OF LAND SITUATED IN THE J.J. GOODFELLOW SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 1582, THE JONATHAN BROWN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 110, THE J. BURNETT SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 178 AND THE E. JONES SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 842, TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL CALLED TRACT TWO AS CONVEYED BY DEED TO CPG RIVERSIDE, L.P., AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 388-193, PG. 58, PLAT RECORDS, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RIVERSIDE PARKWAY AND TX-360 IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS FROM OPEN SPACE/DRAINAGE TO MIXED USE; 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 Hall Plaza Building, at 6:30 P.M. on October 7, 2019, 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 8 to 0 to recommend approval to the City Council of Grand Prairie, Texas, that said Comprehensive Plan should be approved since its provisions are in the public interest and will promote the health, safety and welfare of the community; 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 P.M. on October 15, 2019, 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 2018 Comprehensive Plan for the City of Grand Prairie be amended and revised to change the current classification of Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Use on the property described in Exhibit A - Legal Description.
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 15TH OF OCTOBER 2019.
CASE NO. cpa191003
orDINANCE NO. 10757-2019