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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: BRUNC RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING SATE: MAY 16,,2006
SUBJECT: WORKSHOP ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AM06-04 -
AMENDMENTS `TO SECTION "3? ,11, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
REGULATION
RECQMM NQ TIQN.
Staff recommends the City Council review the attached amended copy of Section 31,
"LI",Light lndustdii l Roe ulatio�ns, and take any action necessary.
LACKGROUN[j,
We have been contacted by Gamestop who wishes to purchase the building directly to
their east. This,building is part of a four building development on'a,single lot (Westport
Business Center). For financial'purposes the .property will also need to be replatted;
However,, in order, to replan the property, the development would technically be in
violation of the ordinance in terms of setbacks, landscaping requirements; frontage on
the, ri'ht-of-way; etc. ;In commercial and,:b sine s park zoning,, districts t e t'Ianned.
Commercial Center and Planned 'Business Park option prouides relief from these
requfrernents as it:allows multiple platted properties that physically appear to be a
development on,a single lot. No such mechanism is;available for industrial properties.
We ,are proposing to add a Planned Industrial Center (PIC) development option Withln'
the "LI"' Light industrial District, Regulations as a Conditional Use, This development
option would give industrial property owners the ability,to incorporate all of the tools
available in the Planned Commercial Center (POG) ,development option in Section 25
"CC" Community Commercial District Regulations; and Planned Business Park option for
Section,,32 "BP'�` Business Park District Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, Gur
intention is to simply mirror the provisions contained in the Planned Commercial Center
(PCC) (Section 25.N:), and place them in the "LI" Light Industrial Zoning District
Requirements. As it ,is possible that these provisions will, often be applied t6;existing
properties, language has been introduced to ensure building code compliance as; it
relates to the platting of property lines,adjacent to existing, buildings. Provisions have
been added to insure that building,separation is permanently"maintained. This is a
fire/life safety issue, and must not,be compromised:
We feel that the proposed amendments will facilitate development and reuse of our
industrial properties. There will be no detrimental effects due to the proposed
amendment, as the developed property will have no changes: The replatting and
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addition of; property, lines), wilt make no difference in the physical appearance of the
project. This will give business owners and developers additional flexibility, while
maintaining the desired life/safety, requirements and aesthetics `mandated by our
ordinance.
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May 10, 2006
Section 31. LI Light Industrial District
PURPOSE: The LI Light Industrial District is designed to accommodate light
manufacturing, assembly, research and wholesale activities with limitations on outdoor
storage.
USES GENERALLY: In a LI Light Industrial District no land shall be used and no building
or structure or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, or used, in whole or in part, for other
than one or more of the following specified uses. All permitted uses listed shall be within a
completely enclosed building or structure unless otherwise noted:
A. PERMITTED USES:
1. Manufacturing, assembling or packaging of products from previously
prepared materials.
2. Manufacturing and assembling of electronic components, precision
instruments and devices.
3. Manufacturing of food products, pharmaceuticals and the like, except that
such uses shall not include production of fish or meat products, sauerkraut,
vinegar or the like; or the rendering or refining of fats and oils.
4. Other manufacturing, research, wholesale or storage uses, provided that
such uses shall be contained within an enclosed building.
5. Printing, lithography, publishing or similar establishments.
6. Service establishments catering to commerce and industry including linen
supply, communication services, business machine services, canteen
services, restaurants (including drive-in restaurants), hiring and union halls,
employment agencies, sign companies, and similar uses.
7. Vocational, trade, technical or industrial schools and similar activities.
8. Medical clinic, only in connection with industrial activity.
9. Construction trade offices.
10. Warehousing completely within an enclosed building.
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11. Welding repair.
12. Retail establishments for carpet sales, farm supplies, lumber and building
supplies, and similar uses.
13. Retail establishments with the repair of new and used cars, light trucks and
vans, motorcycles, and boats. All vehicles must be in operating condition;
and all open displays or storage areas must be surfaced and developed in
accordance with all applicable Ordinances of the City.
14. Retail establishments for the sale of new vehicular parts and accessories.
15. Building trades contractor within a completely enclosed building and no
outside storage for materials and equipment.
B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses. No
accessory uses shall be allowed within the front yard:
1. Mechanical equipment located within 120-feet of any residentially zoned
district must meet the standards established for noise regulation as stated in
Section 55. Performance Standards.
2. Provisions for off-street parking of employee and customer motor vehicles
within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned district shall be screened in
accordance with Section 50, Alternates A or E.
3. Screened refuse and garbage storage on a concrete pad, and located no
closer than fifty (50) feet to a residentially zoned district. All refuse and
garbage storage shall be landscaped and screened in accordance with
Section 50.B.3.
4. Other uses, including retail sales and structures which are customarily
accessory, clearly incidental and subordinate to the permitted and conditional
uses; provided, however, that no residential facilities shall be permitted
except for watchmen or caretakers whose employment requires residence on
the premises.
5. Bulk storage of flammable liquids associated with a permitted use,subject to
the provisions of City and/or State Fire Codes.
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6. ' All other mechanical equipment shall be located within a completely
enclosed building and shall meet the masonry requirements of Section 54.
7. Signs advertising use on the premises, in accordance with Section 60 of this
Ordinance.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following uses may be permitted, provided they meet
the provisions of, and a Conditional Use Permit is issued pursuant to Section 48 of
this Ordinance.
1. Freight forwarding warehouses.
2. Bulk storage of flammable liquids not associated with a permitted use,
subject to the provisions of City and/or State Fire Codes.
3. Railroad yards, areas for car storage, and switching facilities.
4. Outside storage in conjunction with permitted uses in Section 31.A. and
conditional uses in Section 31.C., provided that such storage shall be .
screened in accordance with Section 50, Alternates A or E.
5. Central mixing plants for asphalt, concrete, or other paving materials
(batching plant).
6. Automobile Impound. Salvage and/or wrecking yards are prohibited. All
storage areas must be surfaced and screened in accordance with Section 58
and Section 50. All required screening shall be in accordance with Section
50, Alternatives A or E.
7. Convenience stores, including prepared food carry-out service with alcoholic
beverage sales for off-premise consumption; provided a special permit is
issued in accordance with Section 42.13. of the Ordinance.
8. Public and nonprofit institutions of any educational, religious or cultural type;
but excluding correctional institutions and hospitals.
9. Any other manufacturing, warehousing, or wholesale uses, not provided for
in Section 31.A., Permitted Uses; Section 31.0 Conditional Uses; and not
listed in Section 31.D., Limitation of Uses.
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10. Animal kennels with indoor and outdoor runs.
11. Retail and repair establishments for the sale and repair of new and used
heavy trucks,tractors, mobile homes, heavy machinery and equipment,farm
equipment, and similar uses.
12. Construction trade offices with storage yards.
13. Miscellaneous outside land uses such as express offices, commercial
parking lots and parking garages, truck stops, freight movers, motor bus,
truck, train, or other transportation terminals and related uses. Outside uses
associated with any of these uses shall be permitted, except for outside
repair of mechanized equipment.
14. Automotive repair garages, within a completely enclosed building. Salvage
and/or wrecking yards are prohibited. All storage areas must be surfaced
and screening shall be provided in accordance with Section 58 and Section
50.
15. Automotive Rental
16. Building trades contractor within a completely enclosed building,with storage
yard for materials and equipment.
17. Commercial laundry and dry cleaning establishments.
18. Mobile home sales, storage, lease and repair.
19. Outside display camper sales and camper trailer sales and service, lease,
and rental.
20. Sale and rental of heavy machinery and equipment.
21. Truck and trailer rental.
22. Planned Industrial Center
D. LIMITATION OF USES: The following uses shall not be permitted within this
District:
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1. Dwelling units (including motels and hotels) except as provided under
accessory uses; hospitals or clinics (except clinics in connection with
industrial activity); nursing homes and similar uses; yards or lots for scrap or
salvage operations or for processing, storage, display or sale of any scrap,
salvage, or secondhand building materials and automotive vehicle parts.
2. Wrecking yards (including automotive vehicle wrecking yards) and junk
yards.
3. Chemical and fertilizer manufacturing.
4. Explosives manufacturing or storage.
5. Paper and pulp manufacturing.
6. Petroleum refining.
7. Stockyards or feeding pens.
8. Animal slaughtering.
9. Tanning, curing or storage of raw hides.
10. Sawmills and wood planing.
11. Primary production or storage of wood, metal, or chemical products from raw
materials.
12. Foundries, casting, or molding of metals.
13. Any other uses or structures not specifically, provisionally, or by reasonable
implication permitted herein.
14. Any use not conforming to the performance standards set forth in Section 55
of this Ordinance.
15. The storage of equipment, material or vehicles, including abandoned
vehicles which are not necessary to the uses permitted in this district.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
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building or structure shall be approved unless:
I A Plat, meeting all requirements of the City of Grapevine, has been approved
by the City Council and recorded in the official records of Tarrant County;
2. A Site Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 47, has been approved;
3. A Landscape Plan, meeting the requirements of Section 53,, has been
approved.
F. DENSITY REQUIREMENTS: The following density requirements shall apply:
1. MINIMUM LOT SIZE -The minimum lot size in the Ll Light Industrial District
shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
2. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE -At least fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space. (Nonvehicular open space is
any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading, storage or vehicular use.)
a. Landscaping in excess of the required minimum open space that is
located in the rear yard of the site shall not be used to meet the
minimum open space requirements for the site.
3. MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE - The combined area occupied by all
buildings and structures shall not exceed fifty (50%) percent of the total lot
area.
4. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS AREA - The combined area occupied by all
buildings, structures, off-street parking and paved areas shall not exceed
eighty-five (85) percent of the total lot area.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. LOT WIDTH - Every lot shall have a minimum width of not less than one
hundred (100) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH - Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
hundred fifty (150) feet.
3. FRONT YARD - Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30)
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feet in depth which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front
yards shall not be used for any building, structure, fence, wall, parking or
storage area, except that signs shall be permitted in this area. Front yards
shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery and trees; and no part shall be
paved or surfaced except for minimum access, driveways and sidewalks in
accordance with Section 53 of this ordinance.
4. SIDE YARD- Every lot shall have two side yards, each of which shall be not
less than fifteen (15) feet in width.
5. REAR YARD - Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than thirty(30)feet
in depth.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS - The minimum distance between
buildings or structures on adjacent lots shall be not less than thirty(30)feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: Whenever the LI Light Industrial District abuts a
residentially zoned district, a landscaped buffer zone of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet in depth shall be provided from the lot line. No buildings or structures,
parking, loading or storage shall occur in the buffer area and such area shall be
landscaped to provide visual and acoustical privacy to adjacent property. Screening
shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 50 of this Ordinance.
In addition, no building or structure shall be located nearer to any residentially
zoned property than a distance equal to one and one-half(1-1/2)times the height of
any building or structure.
I. HEIGHT: No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding fifty
(50) feet. Principal structures located contiguous to an existing R-20, R-12.5 or R-
7.5 Single Family District shall not exceed one (1) story and thirty-five (35) feet in
height, however an increase up to five (5) feet to the above stated height
requirements may be granted upon approval of a conditional use request by the City
Council.
J. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS: Landscaping shall be required in accordance
with Section 53 of this Ordinance.
K. OFF-STREET PARKING: Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with
Sections 56 and 58 of this Ordinance.
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: No off-street loading is required in the LI Light Industrial
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District. If off-street loading is desired, it shall be provided in accordance with the
following provisions as well as the provisions of Section 57 and 58 of this ordinance.
1. Planter islands, nine (9) feet by eighteen (18) feet in dimension, shall be
provided at the terminus of all rows of loading doors/loading spaces. Such
islands shall be oriented perpendicular to the building and shall contain at
least two (2) evergreen trees. All planter islands shall comply with the
requirements of Section 53.17 and Section 53.G of this Zoning Ordinance.
2. For lots that abut a major or minor arterial street, as identified on the
Thoroughfare Plan, no loading facilities shall directly face the street. A door
is considered to be facing the street when it is at an angle of 45' or less in
relation to the adjacent street.
M. MASONRY REQUIREMENTS: The masonry requirements of Section 54 shall be
met for all buildings and structures.
N. ADDITIONAL BUFFERING, SCREENING, FENCING, & LANDSCAPING. The
Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may
require buffering, screening, fencing and landscaping requirements on any zone
change, conditional use, or special use case or concept plan in addition to or in lieu
of buffering, screening, fencing or landscaping requirements set out specifically in
each use district when the nature and character of surrounding or adjacent property
dictate a need to require such methods in order to protect such property and to
further provide protection for the general health, welfare and morals of the
community in general.
O. OUTSIDE STORAGE USES ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 21, 1995:
Any use within the Light Industrial District with outside storage platted for record
prior to February 21, 1995, shall be deemed a permitted use. However, no such
building, structure or use shall be altered, changed or expanded unless a
conditional use permit is issued pursuant to Section 48.
P. PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each lot or parcel
of land created within a Planned Industrial Center shall comply with the
following requirements:
1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 31.G.3.
shall be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned
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Industrial Center. A minimum fifteen (15) foot side and a minimum
thirty(30)foot rear yard shall be required around the outside perimeter
of a Planned Industrial Center. Minimum side and rear yard
requirements of interior lots may be required if deemed necessary by
City Council in order to meet the provisions of Section 48. Perimeter
lots in a Planned Industrial Center shall have a minimum twenty (20)
feet of frontage on a public right-of-way. Interior lots in a Planned
Industrial Center that have no frontage on a public right-of-way must
have a minimum twenty-five(25)foot dedicated public access easement
connecting to a public right-of-way.
2. LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CENTERS:
The minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2(b) shall be
applicable around the outside perimeter of a Planned Industrial Center.
For interior lots the minimum landscaping requirements of Section
53.H.2.(b) may be required if deemed necessary by City Council in order
to meet the provisions of Section 48.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total site area of the
_Planned Industrial Center shall be devoted to nonvehicular open space
( onvehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking,
loading, storage, or vehicular use.)
4. BUILDING SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED INDUSTRIAL
CENTERS: The minimum distance between principal or accessory
buildings on the same lot required by Section 31.G.6 may be modified if
deemed necessary by City Council to accommodate for accessory
structures. The platting of property lines shall not place any existing
building in violation of the building code of the City of Grapevine.
Perpetual building separation easements may be approved by the
Building Official to achieve equivalency to the requirements of the
code.
5. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 4 .D.7.
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