From
Chris Hartmann
Title
TA141001 - Text Amendment - Permissible Uses. Consider a request for the approval of a Text Amendment to modify Section 14, “Use Charts” of Article 4: Permissible Uses of the Unified Development Code to amend the zoning districts where the use, Auto Glass (Repair and Tint), is a permitted by right or by specific use permit. The owner/applicant is James Hinderaker, Planning Division, City of Grand Prairie. (On October 6, 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
Approval
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Consider a request for the approval of a Text Amendment to modify Section 14, “Use Charts” of Article 4: Permissible Uses of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to amend the zoning districts where the use, Auto Glass (Repair and Tint), is a permitted by right or by specific use permit.
DISCUSSION:
On August 18, 2014, the City Council Development Committee (CCDC), following an agenda item discussion on the matter, directed staff to prepare an ordinance for review and consideration by City Council amending Section 14, “Use Charts” of Article 4: Permissible Use of the UDC to include Auto Glass (Repair & Tint) as a Permitted Use by right within the Commercial (C) District.
The impetus for the CCDC discussion and recommended action was the inability of the property owner of 3018 E. Main Street to open an auto glass repair shop because the said use was not allowed either by right or with an approved specific use permit in the Commercial (C) District. CCDC noted that the prohibition of auto glass (repair and tint) uses in the Commercial (C) District didn’t make any sense when the use is currently allowed, with an approved specific use permit, in the General Retail (GR), Commercial One (C-1) District, and Central Area (CA) Districts, which are all considered less intense zone district categories than the Commercial (C) Dis...
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