Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading on an Ordinance Approving a Specific Use Permit for Auto Repair Garage on Approximately 1.629 Acres Known as Lot 8, Block 1 of Walnut Creek Village, Phase 2, Tarrant Co., TX, Generally Located at 1501 N. U.S. 287; Bruce Moore, Service Pro (ZC#17-019)
Requested Action
To consider the subject specific use permit request.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on October 2, 2017, and voted 5-0 to recommend approval (Bob Klenzendorf and Kent Knight absent).
Description/History
First Reading
The subject property consists of approximately 1.629 acres and is located at the southwest corner of U.S. Highway 287 and Mouser Way. The property is currently vacant.
The applicant is requesting a Specific Use Permit (SUP) permit in order to build and operate an auto repair garage in the C-2 zoning district. The applicant has detailed the services they will provide at the facility, which include oil filter and change, tune-up maintenance, parts and system repairs, and system and fluid flushes. The development will include an 8,178 sq. ft. building, the majority of which will be dedicated to the service garage, with a main customer service entrance and small shop office facing U.S. 287 and 10 service bays with garage doors facing the rear of the property. The front and side elevations will be approximately 50% concrete masonry units (CMU), 36-38% stone, and 11-15% stucco, with the entire rear of the building slated to be 100% CMU.
The property will be serviced by an access driveway that goes around the entire building, with the main entrance on Mouser Way. The portion of the driveway from Mouser Way to the south property line will be dedicated as a common access easement to provide access and connectivity to the commercial properties to the south. 13 parking spaces will be located in front of the building along 287, and two accessible parking spaces will be provided immediately north of the building. The accessible parking spaces will be connected to the front entrance of the building via a ramp and sidewalk, while the other parking spaces will be connected to the front entrance of the building by a crosswalk across the main access drive. An additional 13 parking spaces will be located in the rear of the property and will be used for vehicles awaiting repair; these spaces will be screened from view by the building itself as well as existing landscaping that the applicant will be preserving.
The site is currently heavily wooded, with approximately 114 trees, 75 of which the applicant plans to preserve. In addition to the trees the applicant will be preserving, they have provided landscape plans showing the addition of 10 shade trees, 10 ornamental trees, and 221 shrubs. The applicant has also indicated that they will meet or exceed the requirements for landscape buffers, street screening, and parking lot landscaping.
The applicant has also provided renderings of the proposed signage, including a monument sign and has indicated they will be in compliance with C-2 regulations for properties located along the 287 freeway. In addition, the applicant proposes a trash enclosure at the southwest corner of the property in the rear that will be in compliance with the City’s zoning regulations.
The development will be buffered by an existing self-storage facility on two sides and roadways on the other two sides. It will provide for connectivity to adjacent properties and feature high quality architectural materials and landscaping in keeping with the City’s standards
Second Reading
The City Council held a public hearing and first reading on October 23, 2017, and voted 6-0 (Haynes absent) to approve. Some of the Councilmembers expressed concern about outside storage of vehicles awaiting repair. The applicant has reaffirmed that vehicles awaiting repair will be dropped off in the rear of the building, that they will bring all vehicles awaiting repair inside the building overnight, and that there will not be overnight outside storage of vehicles (with the exception of overnight drop-offs that may occur in the rear of the property).
Third Reading
The City Council held a public hearing and second reading on November 13, 2017, and voted 7-0 to approve with the condition that there will be no after-hours outside storage of vehicles with the exception of after-hours drop-offs by customers that may occur in the rear of the property.
Prepared By
Lisa Sudbury, AICP
Interim Director of Planning
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