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GARLAND PLANNING REPORT
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Agenda Item 8.g. |
City Council Regular Session Agenda |
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REQUEST |
Approval of an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses Approval of a Specific Use Provision amendment for a Recycling Salvage Yard (Unlimited Outside Storage) Approval of a Detail Plan amendment on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses LOCATION 312 South International Road |
OWNER |
Garland Steel, Inc. |
PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION |
On September 12, 2022 the Plan Commission, by a vote of eight (8) to zero (0), recommended approval of an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses. The Plan Commission, by a vote of eight (8) to zero (0), also recommended approval of a Specific Use Provision amendment for a Recycling Salvage Yard (Unlimited Outside Storage). In addition, The Plan Commission, by a vote of eight (8) to zero (0), also recommended approval of a Detail Plan amendment on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses. |
STAFF RECOMMENDATION |
Approval of an amendment to Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses Approval of a Specific Use Provision amendment for a Recycling Salvage Yard (Unlimited Outside Storage) Approval of a Detail Plan amendment on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 for Industrial Uses |
BACKGROUND |
The site is improved with a metal recycling salvage yard that processes materials including weighting, sorting, flattening, crushing, shredding, bundling, and palletizing materials for shipment, by hand and by machine, to send processing material back to a raw material state for client usage. In December 2019, the City Council approved site improvements which included vehicle circulation, parking, six (6) outside storage areas and ten (10) buildings. The applicant requests to amend the approved layout from 2019 to support the existing recycling salvage yard. |
SITE DATA |
The overall site consists of approximately 19.8 acres with approximately 658.5 lineal feet of frontage along South International Road. The site plan (Exhibit C) shows two (2) access points from South International Road. |
USE OF PROPERTY UNDER CURRENT ZONING |
Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 was approved for a recycling salvage yard with unlimited outside storage. The GDC defines a Recycling Salvage Yard as a facility which provides for the collection, sorting, storage, bundling and shipping of recoverable and recyclable non-automotive, non-consumable and non-compostable materials such as aluminum cans, glass, papers including magazines and newspapers, cardboard, wood pallets, metals, plastics, tires, computers and electronics, oil, paints, solvents, and textiles. Given the additional improvements proposed, amendments to the PD, SUP, and Detail Plan are required. |
CONSIDERATIONS |
1. Planned Development and Detail Plan
The applicant requests to make the following improvements in two (2) phases.
Phase 1:
• Three (3) prefabricated buildings which will be 2,632 square feet, 130 square feet and 456 square feet.
• Three (3) shaded canopies - 4,950 square feet, 4,900 square feet and 4,965 square feet. These shade canopies will be used to protect salvaged materials from outdoor elements.
• Improve vehicle traffic flow and organization on site, to allow for increased product flow
• Eighty (80) additional parking spaces
Phase 2:
• Ten (10) shade structures (maximum)
• Forty (40) additional parking spaces
The applicant is unsure whether all of the shade structures will be installed in Phase 2. The intent is to include the maximum number of shade structures in the entitlement application. The “future phase shade canopies” are reflected as such on the site plan (Exhibit C). The hours of operation are from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 2. Planned Development (PD) District 19-32 reflects eighty-nine (89) parking spaces and the facility has operated continuously for several years with no complaints regarding parking deficiencies. The intent is to construct 120 additional parking spaces in two (2) phases. 3. The Garland Development Code (GDC) establishes a series of Special Standards to Recycling Salvage Yard regarding processing of materials, storage of materials and on-site traffic circulation. With the exception of the outdoor storage screening method prescribed under Special Standards (see Consideration No. 3), the proposed Recycling Salvage Yard shall comply with all the applicable Special Standards. Smelting and refining activity is prohibited on the subject site per the PD Conditions. 4. The scope of work does not trigger any landscaping standards. However, the landscape plan (Exhibit D) reflects enhance landscaping along South International Road. The site plan (Exhibit C) reflects the existing eight (8)-foot metal fence along the northern property line, a nine (9)-foot metal fence along the eastern and southern property lines, chain-link fence along the northwestern property line. 5. Building Design The proposed buildings will comply with the applicable building design standards per the GDC. 6. Signage No deviations were requested regarding signage. 7. Specific Use Provision The applicant requests the SUP to be valid for a time period of twenty (20) years. |
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN |
The Future Land Use Map of the Envision Garland 2030 Comprehensive Plan designates this site for Business Center uses in the Employment Center Building Block. Business Centers provide a cluster of business offices and/or low impact industry, including campus-type development, which cumulatively employ large numbers of people. Operations within this development type occur internal to buildings resulting in minimal negative impacts (sound, air, traffic, outdoor lighting, storage, etc.) and are compatible with adjacent development types in architecture, character, scale, and intensity. Business Centers are generally located at intersections of major and/or secondary arterial streets or significant transit areas (bus/rail). Proximity and access to residential areas are encouraged to reduce travel times to employment. Site design addresses function and visual aesthetics providing appropriate buffering at gateway corridors, between adjacent developments, and for residential neighborhoods. Business Centers range in scale and intensity based on the surrounding vicinity and may consist of one or more buildings. This development type includes a variety of primary and secondary uses, including compatible residential uses, that support the business employment sector. The proposed use is compatible with the Comprehensive Plan. |
COMPATIBILITY OF REQUEST WITH SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES |
Most of the properties to the east, south and west are zoned for Industrial Uses and are developed with a variety of industrial and heavy commercial land uses including recycling salvage yards. The properties to the north are zoned for Industrial and Community Office Uses and are mostly developed with medical related land uses, and industrial uses. |
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