Public Hearing and Ordinance - Zoning Application No. Z1025-0422

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

A public hearing was held regarding Zoning Application No. Z1025-0422. Adam Bailey, Director of Planning and Development Services, stated that City staff is proposing to rezone approximately 14 acres of City-owned property west of Gross Road and south of Westlake Park from a residential zoning district to Planned Development (PD) - Industrial for two purposes. First, the City’s Economic Development Department is exploring the potential sale of approximately 2 acres along Gross Road for future development, which could include a multi-tenant office/warehouse building for small businesses or contractors, while no improvements are planned for the remaining acreage. Second, rezoning the property to a nonresidential district would remove existing screening requirements that currently apply to the adjacent commercial properties at 311, 321, 327, and 333 Gross Road. Mr. Bailey stated that because these adjacent commercial and industrial uses predate the residential zoning designation and the subject property is not used residentially, the required screening is technically unnecessary. Rezoning to PD-Industrial would eliminate this obligation and allow the City to establish specific development standards for any future development on the property, making the site more feasible for sale and redevelopment. Mr. Bailey presented a second option for the proposed application which would rezone only a portion of the property. The remaining property would keep the current R-3, Single Family Residential zoning. Additionally, screening would be required as applicable. In addition to the requirements of the base zoning district, the PD will be subject to the following development standards: - Added Conditional Use Permit Required Use: Auto Repair, Services - Site Plan: Shall comply with the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance and Mesquite City Code - Overhead Doors: Shall not face the public right-of-way No one appeared regarding the proposed application. Mr. Rodriguez-Ross moved to approve Zoning Application No. Z1025-0422, with certain stipulations, and to approve Ordinance No. 5235, (Option 2) as presented to the City Council at tonight's meeting, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE MESQUITE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM PARK, OPEN SPACE, DRAINAGE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND BY CHANGING THE ZONING FROM R-3, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT – INDUSTRIAL WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO ALLOW USES PERMITTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1396 WEST SCYENE ROAD (ALSO ADDRESSED AS 201 GROSS ROAD); REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; PROVIDING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Motion was seconded by Mr. Green and approved unanimously. (Ordinance No. 5235 recorded in Ordinance Book No. 136.)

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.