To: Planning and Zoning Commission
From: Katasha Smithers, Planner
Subject:
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consider a recommendation to amend the previously approved Planned Development zoning by adding medical and office uses and minor medical emergency clinic (with an approved SUP) to the use table, situated on a 0.827-acre tract of land, located on the north side of North Tarrant Parkway, approximately 600 feet northeast from the intersection of Rufe Snow Drive and North Tarrant Parkway, legally described as Lot 3, Block A Highland Oaks Crossing, zoned Planned Development - Retail (PD-R), and addressed as 861 North Tarrant Parkway (Account #:42550121). Dunaway Associates, Applicant; TAK Enterprises, Owner. (Z-21-0008)Body
Action Requested:
To modify the current Planned Development - Retail (PD-R) by adding medical, general offices by right and minor medical emergency clinics (with an approved SUP). The proposed additional uses meet the Retail Zoning district use table.
Background:
In 2018, the Planned Development (PD) was approved by City Council with the condition Lot 3 is to be a “retail building” however, at the time of the PD, the Applicant did not know what specific uses or businesses would be occupying the space. The Applicant did know at the time that Lot 4, indicated in the PD to be a medical office, would be a dentist office for Dr. Chad Perry.
In 2019, the Site Plan was approved with retail uses such as medical, restaurant, and retail.
Today, Dunaway (Applicant) proposes modification of the language proposed in Ordinance 1875 to add medical and offices uses by right and minor medical emergency clinic with an SUP.
This application is submitted concurrently with an application for a Specific Use Permit (SUP-21-0026) for a minor medical emergency clinic.
Parking:
There is a shared parking agreement between Lot 3 and Lot 4 of Highland Oaks Crossing and has 53 parking spaces and three (3) handicap spaces or a total of 56 spaces.
Existing Roadway Access:
North Tarrant Parkway
Surrounding Zoning & Land Uses:
North: City Owned property
South: Planned Development - SF-8.4 and Retail
East: Planned Development - Retail
West: Planned Development - Retail
Citizen Input:
On July 16, 2021, the City mailed out 17 Letters of Notification for this Public Hearing and the associated planned development zoning change to all property owners within three hundred feet (300’) of the subject site. A public hearing notice sign was posted on the site on July 16, 2021.
As of July 22, 2021, Staff has not received any response from the public.
Summary:
Section 8.02 (D)(1)(e) of the UDC states that when considering a zoning change request, the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council shall consider the following factors:
1) Whether the uses permitted by the proposed change will be appropriate in the immediate area concerned and their relationship to the general area and the City as a whole, and in compliance with the Future Land Use Plan.
2) Whether the proposed change is in accord with any existing or proposed plans for providing streets, water supply, sanitary sewers, and other utilities to the area, and shall note the findings.
3) The amount of vacant land currently classified for similar development in the vicinity and elsewhere in the City, and any special circumstances which may make a substantial part of such vacant land unavailable for development.
4) The recent rate at which land is being developed in the same zoning classification as the request, particularly in the vicinity of the proposed change.
5) How other areas designated for similar development will be, or are unlikely to be, affected if the proposed amendment is approved.
6) Any other factors which will substantially affect the health, safety, morals, or general welfare.
Alternatives:
The Planning and Zoning Commission has the following options when considering a Planned Development Zoning Change application:
- Recommend approval as submitted
- Recommend approval with modifications or additional condition(s)
- Tabling the agenda item to a specific date with clarification of intent and purpose
- Recommend denial
City Council Action:
If the Planning and Zoning Commission takes action and makes a recommendation on this agenda item, then this Planned Development Zoning Change application will be scheduled for City Council action on August 17, 2021.
Supporting Documents:
- Maps
- Exhibit A - Application and Narrative
- Staff Attachment A - Ordinance 1875
- Staff Attachment B - Trip generation forms