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Home My WebLink AboutPZ Item 12 - AM02-05 Zoning Ordinance Amendments�f Z STEM t 12 - MEMO TO: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FROM: H. T. (TOMMY) HARDY, DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES` RON STOMBAUGH, PLANNER II MEETING DATE: JUNE 18, 2002 SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AM02-05—REQUEST TO AMEND SECTION 31, "LI" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES AS A PERMITTED USE RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission consider the request by Ms. Tonya Brookmole to amend Section 31, "LI" Light Industrial District to include professional office uses as a permitted use, and take any action necessary. BACKGROUND: As the ordinance is currently written, stand-alone professional office uses are not permitted within the "LI" Light Industrial District. Professional office uses are allowed if they are clearly incidental and accessory to a permitted or conditional use allowed within the district. As a policy, Staff has not allowed office uses to exceed fifty percent of any building space within the "LI" Light Industrial District as an accessory use. Ms. Tonya Brookmole, Leasing Manager for property addressed as 1702 through 1712 Minters Chapel Road has requested that we amend Section 31 to allow professional offices uses as permitted uses within the "LI" Light Industrial District. Ms. Brookmole has had several prospective tenants for property that she manages along Minters Chapel Road that Staff has determined were professional office uses—Certificates of Occupancy were not issued for these prospective tenants. See the attached letter. Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission consider Ms. Brookmole's request to amend Section 31, "LI" Light Industrial District, and if necessary authorize Staff to set a public hearing for the amendment. /rs \\CH D N\DATA2\COMMD EV\ZCU\AM02-05.4.doc June 5, 2002 (4:23PM) 05/31/02 10:35 FAX 972 518 1698 ANERICAN INDUSTRIAL PROP Mr. Ron Stombaugh Building Inspections City of Grapevine 200 South Main Street Grapevine, TX 76051 RE: 1702 - 1712 Minters Chapel Rd. VIA FAX: 817/410-3012 Grapevine, Texas Dear Mr. Stombaugh, AIP-SWAG Operating Partnership, LP ("Owner'') is the owner and landlord of 1702- 1712 Minters Chapel Rd located in Grapevine, TX ("Property") and is hereby requesting an amendment of the zoning for this Property. As of this date, the Property is zoned Light Industrial. The 1712 building is a single - tenant, cross -dock distribution facility, while 1702 is a multi -tenant building with office/warehouse suites on the first floor and mezzanine office on the second. The second floor mezzanine office area in the 1702 building does not have direct access to the first floor warehouse, except through an exterior stairwell entrance, as shown on the attached site plan. The building was originally constructed in 1984, and upon completion, the City permitted office use. Recently, prospective tenants, who do much of their business in the immediate vicinity, have sought to lease the mezzanine office, but the City has refused to issue Certificates of Occupancy because City staff believes that office use is not permitted unless it is ancillary to a warehouse use, thus precluding the owner from leasing from this portion of the Property. Without a change in Grapevine's zoning ordinance, valuable office space in the Owner's building will go unused, and the potential users will take their jobs and pay their taxes elsewhere. Generally speaking, so long as the parking and other requirements of section 31 of the Grapevine City Code are met, office use is compatible with other uses in light industrial zoning districts. In fact, office use was a permitted use in light industrial districts under prior versions of the Grapevine Code, and it is now a permitted use in light industrial districts in virtually every other city code in the area. Office use should be allowed at the 1702 multi -tenant building, if the office use for the second floor mezzanine is compatible with other businesses in the building and in the 6210 North Beltline Road • Suite 160 • Irving, Texas 75063-2656 • tel [972] 756-6000 • fax [972] 756-0704 4, G AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES May 13, 2002 Mr. Ron Stombaugh Building Inspections City of Grapevine 200 South Main Street Grapevine, TX 76051 RE: 1702 - 1712 Minters Chapel Rd. VIA FAX: 817/410-3012 Grapevine, Texas Dear Mr. Stombaugh, AIP-SWAG Operating Partnership, LP ("Owner'') is the owner and landlord of 1702- 1712 Minters Chapel Rd located in Grapevine, TX ("Property") and is hereby requesting an amendment of the zoning for this Property. As of this date, the Property is zoned Light Industrial. The 1712 building is a single - tenant, cross -dock distribution facility, while 1702 is a multi -tenant building with office/warehouse suites on the first floor and mezzanine office on the second. The second floor mezzanine office area in the 1702 building does not have direct access to the first floor warehouse, except through an exterior stairwell entrance, as shown on the attached site plan. The building was originally constructed in 1984, and upon completion, the City permitted office use. Recently, prospective tenants, who do much of their business in the immediate vicinity, have sought to lease the mezzanine office, but the City has refused to issue Certificates of Occupancy because City staff believes that office use is not permitted unless it is ancillary to a warehouse use, thus precluding the owner from leasing from this portion of the Property. Without a change in Grapevine's zoning ordinance, valuable office space in the Owner's building will go unused, and the potential users will take their jobs and pay their taxes elsewhere. Generally speaking, so long as the parking and other requirements of section 31 of the Grapevine City Code are met, office use is compatible with other uses in light industrial zoning districts. In fact, office use was a permitted use in light industrial districts under prior versions of the Grapevine Code, and it is now a permitted use in light industrial districts in virtually every other city code in the area. Office use should be allowed at the 1702 multi -tenant building, if the office use for the second floor mezzanine is compatible with other businesses in the building and in the ...,.... .. .... � we zoning district. In addition, even with the addition of office as a conforming use, the 1702 building will comply with the parking and other restrictions listed in Section 31. LI 1'ht Light Industrial District items F — O. We ask that this request be on the agenda at the next City Council meeting, which we believe is scheduled to be on the 22'd day of May, 2002. Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions or need further information, please feel free to give me a call at 972/550-3273. Sincerely, Tonya Brookmoie Leasing Manager