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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGEFAV
H.T. HARDY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
DATE: SEPEMBER 19, 2000
SUBJECT: WORKSHOP - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 39, "HL"
HISTORIC LANDMARK SUBDISTRICT, AND SECTION 58, PARKING,
LOADING AND OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council consider setting a public hearing for an amendment
to Section 39, "HL" Historic Landmark Subdistrict relative to off-street parking, loading,
and development standards. Staff also recommends Council consider setting a public
hearing for an amendment to Section 58, Parking, Loading, and Outside Storage Area
Development Standards relative to the creation of an alternative paving standard and
the establishment of ribbon drives as an option for providing drive access for property
designated as an Historic Landmark Subdistrict.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Over the past year Staff has received several requests from property owners within the
historic downtown area seeking alternatives to the parking and paving standards
currently established in the zoning ordinance. Historically, drive access from the street
in this area of town was of gravel or other "non -paved" type material. Current standards
require either asphalt or concrete. The proposed ordinance has been modified to allow
an alternative granular surface for parking, loading, and driveway areas for property
designated as an Historic Landmark Subdistrict. A typical driveway and parking area
that would result from this amendment would be a six inch base of crushed limestone
topped with either pea -gravel or crushed granite to resemble the iron -ore gravel parking
lots of the past.
The proposed amendment to Section 39 is similar in scope to the standards established
in the Central Business District development guidelines providing an alternative
mechanism for establishing the amount of parking provided, parking area location,
driveway placement, and driveway/driving lane width by the Planning and Zoning
Commission upon submittal of an alternative plan.
Additionally, Staff has received requests to construct ribbon drives as an optional
means of providing access to garages from the street right-of-way in the historic
downtown area. As it is currently written, ribbon drives are not permitted as an
alternative means of driveway construction. Ribbon drives were a historic method of
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providing driveway access in early 201h century neighborhoods especially in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area. Staff recommends establishing two, three-foot wide concrete
ribbons separated by a three-foot wide grass strip to accommodate the variety of widths
of motor vehicles in use today.
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Section 39. Historic Landmark
A. Establishment of "H" zoning designation as a historic landmark subdistrict. Any
zoning district designation appearing on the Zoning District Map may be followed
by the suffix "H" indicating a Historic Landmark subdistrict. Such subdistrict may
include buildings, land, areas, or districts or historical, architectural, archaeological
or cultural importance or value which merit protection, enhancement, and
preservation in the interest of the culture, prosperity, education, and welfare of the
people. The "H" designation shall apply to those premises, lots or tracts designated
through procedures set forth herein. Additional principal and accessory uses may
be permitted in any specific "H" subdistrict and shall be enumerated in the
ordinance establishing such historic landmark subdistrict, provided such uses are
included in the zoning application. Such suffix shall not affect the legal use of the
property and the basic underlying zoning of the property except as provided in the
ordinance establishing the subdistrict.
B. HISTORIC LANDMARK - DEFINED: As used in this Section, the term "Historic
Landmark" shall mean any buildings, land, areas or districts of historical,
architectural, archaeological or cultural importance or value, which the City Council
,, rk determines shall be protected, enhanced and preserved in the interest of the
culture, prosperity, education and welfare of the people.
C. DECLARATION OF POLICY: The City Council hereby finds and declares as a
matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement, preservation and use of
historic landmarks is a public necessity and is required in the interest of the culture,
prosperity, education and welfare of the people.
D. HISTORIC LANDMARKS - DESIGNATION: The City Council may designate certain
buildings, land, areas, and districts in the City as historic landmarks and define,
amend and delineate the boundaries thereof. The procedure to be followed to
establish a historic landmark designation shall be the same as that required to
amend, repeal or alter the zoning on a tract, a parcel of land under Section 48
relating to conditional uses. After all notice requirements of State Zoning Statutes
have been complied with and all required public hearings conducted pursuant to
said State Statutes and upon receipt of the Planning and Zoning Commission's
recommendations, the City Council may designate the building, land, area or district
within the "H" suffix. The suffix "H" shall indicate the zoning subdistrict designation
of those buildings, land, areas and districts which the City Council has designated
historic landmarks. Such designation shall be in addition to any other zoning district
designation established in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. All Zoning
District maps shall reflect the designation of a historical landmark subdistrict by the
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letter "H" as a suffix.
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E. HISTORIC LANDMARKS - CRITERIA TO BE USED IN DETERMINATION: In
making such designation as set forth in Section D above, the City Council and the
Planning and Zoning Commission shall consider one or more of the following
criteria:
Character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural
characteristics of the City of Grapevine, State of Texas, or the United States;
2. Identification with a person or persons who significantly contributed to the
culture and development of the City;
3. Location as the site of a significant historic event;
4. Exemplification of the cultural, economic, social or historical heritage of the
City;
5. Relationship to other distinctive buildings, sites or areas which are eligible for
preservation according to a plan based on historical, cultural or architectural
motif;
6. Unique location of singular physical characteristics representing an
established and familiar visual feature of a neighborhood, community or the
City;
7. Value as an aspect of community sentiment or public pride.
8. Detailed recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission.
F. PRESENT USE NOT AFFECTED: Use classifications of all property included in a
historic landmark subdistrict shall continue to be governed by the Comprehensive
Zoning Ordinance of the City.
G. OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING• Due to the development nature of
property with a Historic Landmark Designation, it is recognized that
conventional off-street parking, loading, and development standards required
by Section 56, 57, and 58 of the comprehensive zoning- ordinance for
individual lots may be difficult to provide. Any uses proposed with a Historic
Landmark Designation may present a plan for parking to the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission may determine
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Section 58. Parking, Loading and Outside Storage Area
Development Standards
A. The off-street parking facilities required for the uses mentioned in this ordinance,
and other similar uses shall be on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure
they are intended to serve, or upon a lot or parcel of land within three hundred (300)
feet of the lot or tract of land upon which the structure they are intended to serve is
located and shall be exclusive of landscaping requirements.
For hotels/motels in excess of five hundred (500) rooms with restaurants, clubs and
conference facilities in excess of 100,000 square feet which must comply with the
development requirements set forth in Section 29, "HCO" Hotel/Corporate Office
District, any required or additional off-street parking may be provided upon another
lot or parcel of land with no distance requirement between the off-site parking and
the principal use it is intended to serve. A site plan and a Conditional Use Permit
meeting all of the requirements of Section 48 shall be required.
B. All required off-street parking and loading and drives, vehicle (autos, trucks, trailers,
boats, etc.) sales, display areas and outside storage areas in all districts shall be
paved to a minimum standard equivalent to four (4) inch concrete slab with six (6)
inches by six (6) inches by six (6) gauge mesh wire or two (2) inch hot mix asphaltic
concrete over six (6) inch crushed rock base. Exceptions to these pavements must
be approved by the City Engineer, and be based on equivalency. All reinforcing in
concrete shall be suspended in the center of the slab.
For property with designation as a Historic Landmark Subdistrict, a six (6)
inch crushed limestone base or other approved base material with an
approved granular topping may be allowed.
For property with designation as a Historic Landmark Subdistrict,..a ribbon
driveway may be used to provide access from the street to the off street
parking arealgarage. The ribbon drive shall be composed of two, three -foo
wide concrete strips separated by a three foot wide grass area
C. Driveway design and placement standards shall be in accordance with Chapter 20,
Article III, of the City of Grapevine Code of Ordinances.
D. No loading space shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet to any other lot in any
R district, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed
on all sides by a wall not less than eight (8) feet in height.
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