Public Hearing and Ordinance - Zoning Application No. Z1025-0421

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

A public hearing was held for Zoning Application No. Z1025-0421. Adam Bailey, Director of Planning and Development Services, stated that the applicant is requesting a rezoning of approximately 14 acres at IH-20 and FM 2932 to allow a 7-lot development with a mix of commercial uses. The concept plan includes three quick-serve restaurants with drive-throughs, one sit-down restaurant, a convenience store with 24 fueling positions, and a limited-service hotel, with one lot remaining to be determined. While restaurant and convenience store users have not been identified, the applicant intends to develop a 115-room Everhome Suites extended-stay hotel. The proposed ordinance establishes a Planned Development based on Commercial Zoning, grants a Conditional Use Permit for the proposed hotel, restricts certain uses, and establishes modified standards for signage, parking, and enhanced landscaping requirements. The Conditional Use Permit for the hotel is limited to the applicant for Everhome Suites. Applicant Clark East, representing Mesquite I-20, LLC, stated that the developer will fund and construct a monument sign for the development in collaboration with the City. The Everhome Suites extended-stay hotel will be owned by he and his partner. Each room will include kitchens and work areas. Targeted clientele will be professionals traveling for work and families with children. The developer may add another access point along FM 2932 in the future. (1) Tammy Jo Strong, 1713 Cool Springs, expressed support for the proposed application. (2) Sherri Neal, 3916 Hunters Trail, had questions regarding the required number of parking spaces on the site. No others appeared regarding the proposed application. Mr. Green moved to approved Zoning Application No. Z0125-0421, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, and adding the following stipulation in addition to those recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission: 1. And to approve Ordinance No. 5223, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MESQUITE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE MESQUITE ZONING ORDINANCE BY APPROVING A CHANGE OF ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL WITHIN K-20 FLOATING OVERLAY TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMMERCIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH FUEL SALES, RESTAURANT, RETAIL, A LIMITED SERVICE HOTEL WITH MODIFIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ALONG WITH USES PERMITTED IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT ON APPROXIMATELY 14 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF IH-20 AND FM 2932 (KCAD PROPERTY ID 54189); REPEALING ALL OTHER 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. Murden and approved unanimously. (Ordinance No. 5223 recorded in Ordinance Book No. 136.)

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 6.7/10). 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).