From
Chris Hartmann
Title
SU140601 - Specific Use Permit - Re-Teck (City Council District 1). Approve a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow Indoor Salvage/Electronic Recycling. The subject property is officially addressed 909 Avenue T, also known as 905 Avenue T, zoned Light Industrial (LI). The areas of operation will be located within suites 312B and 314. The agent is Ed Mitchell, Re-Teck and the owner is Gregg Morris, LPC. (On June 2, 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 7-0.)
Presenter
Chief City Planner Jim Hinderaker
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Consider a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow Indoor Salvage/Electronic Recycling. The subject property is officially addressed as 909 Avenue T, also known as 905 Avenue T, and zoned Light Industrial (LI). The areas of operation will be located within suites 312B and 314.
ADJACENT LAND USES AND ACCESS:
Direction Zoning Existing Land Use
North Light Industrial Warehouse/Office
East Light Industrial Warehouse/Office
West Light Industrial Warehouse/Office
South Light Industrial Warehouse/Office
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The applicant is seeking a Specific Use Permit in order to operate and maintain a facility geared towards electronic refurbishing and recycling. The Unified Development Code requires an indoor salvaging/recycling use within a Light Industrial District to receive a Specific Use Permit.
PROPOSED USE AND CHARACTERISTICS
Li Rising LLC dba Re-Teck began business in 2012 in Grand Prairie. The current manager of the facility was unaware that a Certificate of Occupancy was never issued. As the site was getting ready to expand into another suite, employees of the facility applied for a Certificate of Occupancy; it was then discovered that no CO was ever issued to the original suite. The applicant immediately went to work, taking the necessary steps to ensure compliance with the city’s ordinances.
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