Public Hearing and Ordinance - Zoning Application No. Z0126-0439

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

A public hearing was held regarding Zoning Application No. Z0126-0439. Adam Bailey, Director of Planning and Development Services, stated that the applicant is proposing to develop an undeveloped 5-acre tract at 5201 Northwest Drive with a self-storage facility. Under the existing zoning, mini-warehouse/self-storage uses require approval of a Conditional Use Permit. However, to facilitate the development, the applicant is requesting an amendment to the Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. 5159 to allow the use with modified development standards on the southern 5-acre portion of Tract 2, which will be referred to as Tract 3 in the proposed ordinance. PD Ordinance No. 5159 governs approximately 22 acres across two tracts, with Tract 1 currently under construction as a multifamily development and Tract 2 consisting of approximately 10 undeveloped acres zoned Light Commercial. The proposed two-story self-storage facility will consist of a single 115,000-square-foot building with a maximum height of 30 feet. While most storage units will be accessed internally, some ground-floor units will have external access via overhead doors located on the north, south, and west elevations. The proposed PD amendment will also require screening, including an 8-foot masonry wall or wrought-iron fence with an evergreen living screen and hedgerows, berming along IH-30 frontage road, downward-facing lighting and additional landscaping along public frontages. Applicant Bill Dahlstrom, representing Johnson Development Associates; and Greer Condon, Real Estate Manager with Johnson Development Associates, presented an overview of the proposed application. Mr. Dahlstrom stated that gate hours will be 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and office hours will be 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. He stated that the applicant is agreeable to staff recommendations. No one appeared regarding the proposed application. Mr. Casper moved to approved Zoning Application No. Z0126-0439, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, with certain stipulations, and to approve Ordinance No. 5251, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE MESQUITE ZONING ORDINANCE BY APPROVING A CHANGE OF ZONING TO AMEND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (“PD”) – LIGHT COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 5159, TO ALLOW MINIWAREHOUSING / SELF-STORAGE AS A PERMITTED USE IN THE PD WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHERN FIVE-ACRE PORTION IDENTIFIED AS TRACT 3, LOCATED AT 5201 NORTHWEST DRIVE; 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. Hubacek. On call for a vote on the motion, the following votes were cast: Ayes: Casper, Hubacek, Alemán, Green, Smith Nayes: Murden Absent: Rodriguez-Ross Motion carried. (Ordinance No. 5251 recorded in Ordinance Book No. 137.)

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).