Title
Ordinance - Public Hearing and Consideration of a Request for a Specific Use Permit for Apartments on Approximately 12.918 Acres out of the Elizabeth McAnear Survey, Abstract No. 1005 and the Richard Bratton Survey, Abstract No. 114, City of Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas, located on the South Side of E. Broad Street, a Quarter-mile East of Cannon Drive; Clay Roby of Stillwater Capital, on behalf of Stephen C.H. Lockwood of Lockwood Management Corporation (ZC#19-014)
Requested Action
To consider the subject Specific Use Permit request
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on September 16, 2019, and voted 3-4 (Bounds, Klenzendorf, Weydeck, and Chairman Wilshire voting no) to recommend approval, resulting in a denial. One person spoke in opposition to the request, citing too many existing and planned apartments in the city and stating that no more apartments should be approved until they are 90% occupied. There were some questions about the amenities to be provided, including a dog park, which the applicant stated they plan to accommodate in the courtyard of Building 2. There was also concern about whether the provided trash enclosures were adequate and the applicant responded that they plan to provide valet trash service as well. One of the commissioners asked why live-work units were not being provided, to which the applicant stated that this could potentially be accommodated. There were questions about what the planned rental rates would be, to which the applicant responded that they would be Class A rents on par with the Main Street Lofts and The Julian. There was concern about the impact on the school district and one of the commissioners asked if the school district was notified, and staff responded that the school district receives a notification with every zoning change and that the school district regularly conducts housing studies to plan for its growth and overall needs. Overall, several of the commis...
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