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Conduct a public hearing and consider the request for a zoning amendment for industrial development on approximately 20.8 acres located at 11800 Ford Road within the Planned Development District No. 74 (PD-74) zoning district; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND
The applicant, Mike Clark, Winkelmann & Associates, Inc., requests to amend Planned Development District No. 74 (PD-74) for a new warehouse and distribution development. Three proposed new buildings totaling 393,000 square feet (sf) in area with a mix of office and warehousing space. Parking, streetscape, and landscaping improvements are also proposed.
The subject property includes 20.8 acres of land bounded by Christian Parkway to the north, Ford Road to the west, and LBJ Freeway (IH-635) to the south. Villa Creek Drive divides the property into two tracts. Tract 1, located north of Villa Creek Drive, contains approximately 16.02 acres, and is currently developed with four, four-story office buildings constructed in 1979 and a surface parking lot. Tract 2, south of Villa Creek Drive, is 4.8 acres and is currently vacant.
Currently, industrial uses are only permitted within PD-74 for sites located north of Christian Parkway with the approval of a Specific Use Permit (SUP). As a result, the applicant proposes to amend PD-74 to add Warehouse/Distribution and Light Fabrication/Assembly as permitted uses on the subject property. As outlined in this report, several other deviations from PD-74 requirements are requested with this development. This proposal does not align with the recommendations of the Farmers Branch 2045 Comprehensive Plan, leading staff to recommend the denial of this request.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends denial of the proposed zoning amendment.
ACTIONS:
1. I move to recommend approval of Ordinance 3850 as presented.
2. I move to recommend approval of Ordinance 3850, with modifications...
3. I move to recommend denial.
4. I move to table the issue for further study...
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