From
Chris Hartmann
Title
TA180701A - Text Amendment - Article 4, Article 9, Article 30, and Appendix F of the Unified Development Code of the City of Grand Prairie. Amendment to the Unified Development Code, Article 4, "Permissible Uses" and Article 30, “Definitions” to revise the use chart and definitions with regard to automotive-related businesses; revise Article 9, “Sign Standards” and Appendix F, “Corridor Overlay District Standards” to amend and correct certain incompatible regulations regarding commercial signage. (On December 3, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 7-0).
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
Grand Prairie continues to see a steady amount of development applications in the sectors of industrial development and auto-related businesses. Current standards regulating these business types within the City's zoning districts are often based on outdated or inadequate use descriptions and definitions. The City periodically makes updates to its use charts and definitions to account for changes in terms and technology, and recent trends within the market require that the city consider such changes at this time in order to effectively provide for quality development with minimal impact. The amendment proposed herein seeks to accomplish three goals:
a) Update use charts to account for new or changing uses.
b) Reevaluate the appropriateness of some uses within certain zoning districts and change the use charts to remove or restrict a use from certain zoning districts.
c) Organize use charts to provide ease of reference by consolidating or removing redundant or contradictory use categories and putting similar uses together.
Proposed changes to Definitions are found in Exhibit i and include:
· Revised definition for Auto Repair (Major, Minor, and Specialty)
· New definition:
o Auto Dealer (New, Used, Non-Franchise, ...
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