From
Chris Hartmann
Title
CPA190201 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - from Commercial to Mixed Use (City Council District 1). A Comprehensive Plan Amendment of Tract 6, Elizabeth Gray Survey, Abstract No. 517, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-12, Planned Development in the SH 161 Corridor Overlay and located at the northeast corner of SH 161 and Dickey Road. The owner/applicant is the City of Grand Prairie. (On March 4, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 9-0).
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Request to amend the Future Land Use Map from Commercial/Retail/Office to Mixed-Use for a mixed-use development on approximately 6.33 acres on property described as Tract 6, Elizabeth Gray Survey, Abstract No. 517, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas and addressed as 870 SH 161.
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant requests to construct a development consisting of a single phase of high density multi-family development and a single phase of commercial development to create a horizontal mixed-use development. The request is for a change from Commercial/Retail/Office designation to Mixed-Use. The 2018 update to the Comprehensive Plan defines these categories as follows:
Commercial/Retail/Office (pp. 58, 59):
“Commercial uses are more intense than retail establishments, yet also provide goods and services for the public. Examples of commercial establishments would include hotel, automotive services, and big box retailers.”
“Retail land use is intended to provide for a variety of restaurants, shops, grocery stores, and personal service establishments. Retail uses require high visibility locations and should be located in high-traffic areas such as along arterial roadways.”
“Office areas provide for low- to medium-rise suburban-scale developments. Generally, permitted uses include corporate, professional, medical a...
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