From
Chris Hartmann
Title
SU180505 - Specific Use Permit - Franchise Used Car Dealership at 1640 E. Main St. (City Council District 1). Lots 1-7, 9, 10, and part of Lot 8, Burgher & Sowells Addition, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, approximately 1.56 acres zoned GR, General Retail in the Central Business District No. 3 and addressed as 1633, 1640, 1646, 1648 E. Main St. The owner is Arturo Torres. (On May 7, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0).
Presenter
David Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Specific Use Permit to operate a Franchise Used Auto Dealership in a General Retail District. The 1.53-acre property is located at 1640 E. Main Street and is zoned General Retail (GR) district.
ADJACENT LAND USES AND ACCESS:
North - Across Small St, Residential Housing, zoned General Retail (GR)
East - Zoned General Retail (GR), developed as a gas station
South - Across Main St, Zoned Light Industrial (LI) and developed as auto related uses
West - Zoned General Retail (GR) and the location of a meat market
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant intends to establish a franchised use auto dealer in the General Retail (GR) district. The new dealership will include a 1,600 square foot sales office with 81 parking/display spaces. The existing structures on the site were previously used as multiple auto dealerships, and were destroyed in a fire in late 2017. The applicant has submitted a demolition permit and proposes to clear the existing site and repave to City standards. The property will have two (2) access points on E. Main Street and an emergency exit on Small Street.
The applicant is proposing a sales lot and office building only. There will be no repair or make-ready facility at the location and such activities would not be allowed under the terms of the Specific Use Permit.
Used auto sales are not allowed in the General Retail distric...
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