From
Chris Hartmann
Title
CPA191003 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Riverside Mixed Use (City Council District 1). Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Use. Lot 1-R, Block 1, Riverside Club Addition and an unplatted remainder situated in the N. Underwood Survey, Abstract No. T1582, the J. Estill Survey, Abstract No. 491, and an unknown survey, abstract No. T1904, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas. Zoned LI, Light Industrial within the SH 360 Overlay District and addressed as 3000 Riverside Parkway, Grand Prairie, Texas. (On October 7, 2019, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 8-0).
Presenter
David P. Jones, AICP, Chief City Planner
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Future Land Use Map designation from Open Space/Drainage to Mixed Use. Lot 1-R, Block 1, Riverside Club Addition and an unplatted remainder situated in the N. Underwood Survey, Abstract No. T1582, the J. Estill Survey, Abstract No. 491, and an unknown survey, abstract No. T1904, City of Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas. Zoned LI, Light Industrial within the SH 360 Overlay District and addressed as 3000 Riverside Parkway, Grand Prairie, Texas.
PURPOSE OF REQUEST:
The purpose of the request is to amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) so that the FLUM is consistent with a development proposed at this location. The development will include hotel and multi-family residential uses along with the balance of the existing golf course.
ANALYSIS:
The Open Space/Drainage Land Use category primarily consists of floodplains located along the many waterways running through Grand Prairie. These areas should be preserved as public and neighborhood-oriented open spaces, and incorporate trails and drainage corridors which are left in a naturalistic state. Impacts on these areas should be closely considered when intense uses are proposed within close proximity.
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