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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGERP,#
H.T. HARDY, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2004
SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING
SECTION 26, "HC"
RELATIVE TO .GOLF
CONDITIONAL USE
RECOMMENDATION:
ORDIANANCE AMEMDMENT TO
HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
AND UTILITY CART SALES AS A
Staff recommends Council, consider the proposed amendment to Section 26, "HC"
Highway Commercial District relative to golf and utility cart sales as a conditional use
and authorize Staff to set a public hearing or take any other action necessary.
BACKGROUND:
Staff has received a request from Mr. Jason Richardson, owner of Grapevine Golf Carts
to allow outside display and outside storage of golf carts on property located at 1380 W.
Northwest Highway which he has under contract—this is the former Grapevine Battery
location just west of Fox Rental. It is Mr. Richardson's intent to display three or four new
golf carts near the front of the lot for advertising purposes and utilize the rear of the lot
for outside storage of golf carts. Mr. Richardson's business is currently located at 515 E.
Northwest Highway, the former Longhorn Sprinkler Supply, where he has no outside.
display or storage.
As the ordinance is currently written, outside display and/or outside storage is permitted
for retail sales associated with building materials, new and used automotive sales,
camper and ,camper trailer sales, and boat and marine sales. Allowing golf and utility
carts with outside display and storage as a conditional use would give the City Council
and the Planning and Zoning Commission the ability to consider the merits of such
requests on a case-by-case basis. See the attached letter and ordinance revision.
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September 13, 2004 (3:50PM)
515 E. Northwest Hwy. Grapevine, Tx. 76051
817-251-8032
August 30, 2004
H.T. Hardy
Director of Development Services
200 South Main Street
Grapevine, Tx. 76051
Dear Tommy,
AUG 3 1 2004
Per............
I am writing this letter in response to our conversation last week. Thank you for your expertise and
assistance. As advised, I am including in this letter, my plans and requests for the property located at
1380 W. NW Hwy, in Grapevine.
Currently, I am in negotiations to purchase the above-mentioned property. This property will be the new
location for my business, Grapevine Golf Cars, Inc. For the past year this property has served as an
overflow location, for the golf cars, that would not fit inside my current rental location. My plan is to
operate all aspects of Grapevine Golf Cars, Inc., from 1380 W. NW Hwy, effective January 1, 2005.
The thought of being a property owner along NW Hwy has caused me to take a closer look at the
appearances of the commercial properties. The appearance of the location that I am purchasing
desperately needs some improvements. My plans for improvement are for both the building and the
landscape. Building improvements include the reconstruction of the front of the building to include more
glass, and masonry exterior. I also have plans for ceramic tile, updating offices and installing central heat
and air systems. Exterior improvements include removing the security fence from the front of the property
and relocating it behind the building. One of my requests is the need to use the back of the property for
outside storage of my rental fleet. I plan to shield the traffic, from view of these outside stored units, with
fencing. I plan to clean up the overgrown foliage that has become an eye soar on this property. In
addition to cleaning up the existing foliage, I would like to add tasteful landscape that would mask and
create a natural setting for displaying 3-4 new units out front on a daily basis, for advertisement. Thus, my
second request for this commercial property. I am requesting permission to display new golf car units, in a
tasteful manner, outside for drive by advertising purposes.
I look forward to working with you and the city to improve this commercial property and continue to
grow my business. I am attaching a rough sketch of the property, to better illustrate the changes and
requests mentioned in this letter. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing
from you.
Respectfully,
Jason T. Richardson
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Section 26. HC Highway Commercial District
PURPOSE: The HC Highway Commercial District is established to provide adequate
space and site diversification for commercial uses which depend upon high visibility, uses
with outside storage unless specifically prohibited by Section 26A, convenience to arterial
highways and will involve development that may be more intensive than other commercial
districts and objectionable to adjacent residential uses.
USES GENERALLY: In an HC Highway Commercial District, no land shall be used and
no building shall be erected for or converted to any use other than as hereinafter provided.
A. PERMITTED USES: The following uses shall be permitted as principal uses except
as provided in Section 26.D.
Any use permitted in the LB Limited Business District, C -N Neighborhood
Commercial District, P -O Professional Office District and C -C Community
Commercial District, except that there shall be no limitation size of planned
shopping centers or total floor area.
2. Public utilities as required to serve the district.
3. Reserved
4. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
5. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely enclosed building.
6. Mortuary and funeral homes.
7. Nursery or greenhouses.
8. Upholstery shops.
9. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within an enclosed
building, including bowling alleys, video arcades, roller skating and ice
skating arenas, motion picture theaters, but excluding anyspecial uses
authorized by Section 49.13.
10. Pawn Shops within a completely enclosed building.
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B. ACCESSORY USES: The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses to
a principal use provided that none shall be a source of income to the owner or user
of the principal use:
1. Accessory uses permitted in the CN and CC Commercial Districts.
2. 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.
3. Screened garbage storage, on a concrete pad no nearer than fifty (50) feet
to any residentially zoned district and Northwest Highway.
4. Off-street parking, provided that all areas devoted to the parking of vehicles
or the sale and display of merchandise, except nurseries, shall be surfaced
in accordance with Section 58 of this Ordinance.
5. Provisions for the parking of automotive vehicles provided within sixty (60)
feet of any residentially zoned district shall be separated from said lot by a
blind fence or wall at least six (6) feet high.
6. Other structures or uses which are customarily accessory and clearly
incidental and subordinate to the permitted use and/or structure.
7. Signs advertising uses located on the premises in accordance with Section
60 of this Ordinance.
8. Used car sales in conjunction with new car sales provided that used car sales
do not exceed more than fifty percent of the total sales for the automobile
dealership in a calendar year.
C. CONDITIONAL USES: The following conditional 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. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less than one ton
carrying capacity.
2. Retail sales of building materials displayed in an unenclosed or incompletely
enclosed area with outside storage.
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3. Home equipment rental.
4. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a special permit is issued in accordance
with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
5. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage warehouses.
6. Swimming pool and spa sales within a completely enclosed building.
7. Restaurant with outside dining and/or drive through.
8. Planned Commercial Centers.
9. 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.
10. New automotive sales, and service, cars and light to medium trucks. All
vehicles must be in an operating condition and all open,display or storage
areas must be surfaced and developed in accordance with all applicable
Ordinances of the City.
11. Automotive rental.
12. Camper sales and camper trailer sales and service,.lease and rental within
a completely enclosed building and with outside display.
13. Auction sale, new or used goods located within a completely enclosed
building.
14. Plumbing supply within a completely enclosed building.
15. Automobile washing business: automatic, coin-operated or moving line wash.
16. Outdoor commercial amusements such as golf driving ranges, miniature golf,
archery
17. Gasoline service station.
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18. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
19. Boat and marine sales and/or service with outside display.
20. Job printing or newspaper establishments.
21. Hotels and motels. Hotels approved prior to April 18, 2000, shall be deemed
a lawful, permitted use and shall have the same status as that authorized
pursuant to this Ordinance; provided, however, no such building, structure,
or use shall be altered, changed or expanded unless a conditional use permit
therefore has been granted pursuant to this ordinance.
22. Automotive State Inspections facility.
23. New and used golf and utility cart sales and' services, both electric and
gasoline powered, with outside display and outside storage.
D. LIMITATION OF USES:
Residential structures and uses are expressly prohibited in the HC Highway
Commercial District. Existing residence ' s may remain as -non -conforming
uses, but it is intended that new residential construction not be allowed in the
District.
2. (a) All property zoned HC, Highway Commercial, shall have driveway
access and frontage in accordance wiffi.Section 26, paragraph G.2.
only from a State Highway or Central Avenue except as provided in,
Section D.3.
(b) Additional driveway access on a corner lot from other than a State
Highway for the intersecting street only, may be approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council with the filing of
a Concept Plan in accordance with Section 45. For purposes of this
Section 26.D, corner lot shall mean a lot located at the juncture of a
State Highway and a street which intersects such State Highway.
3. Access to and frontage on a street other than a State Highway or Central
Avenue will be permitted only for property zoned HC, Highway Commercial
prior to the 15th day of July 1986, provided the principal uses and conditional
uses are limited to the following uses:
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(a) Principal Uses:
1. Any use permitted in the TO" Professional Office District.
2. Public utilities as required to serve the district.
3. Restaurants, excluding drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
4. Furniture or appliances, new and used within a completely
enclosed building.
5. Mortuary and funeral homes.
6. Nursery or greenhouses.
7. Upholstery shops.
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8. Retail sale ' s, other than those listed above, business services
and merchandise displayed within -a completely enclosed
building.
(b) Conditional Use
1. Commercial off-street parking lots for passenger vehicles less
than one ton carrying capacity.
2. Alcoholic beverage sales provided a Special Permit is issued,
in accordance with Section 42.13. of this Ordinance.
3. Public or private storage garages, including mini storage
warehouses.
4. Restaurant with outside dining.
5. Plumbing supply with a completely enclosed building.
6. Automobile washing business; automatic, coin-operated or
moving line wash.
7. Drive-in and drive-through restaurants.
8. Feed and grain sales within a completely enclosed building.
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Job printing or newspaper establishments.
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(c) Prohibited Uses
1. Commercial amusements, the operation of which is totally within
an enclosed building, including bowling alleys, video arcades,
roller skating and ice skating arenas, motion picture theaters,
but excluding any special uses authorized by Section 49.13.
2. Pawn Shops.
E. PLAN REQUIREMENTS: No application for a building permit for construction of a
principal building shall be approved unless:
1 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 bulk and intensity of use. requirements
shall apply:
1. MAXIMUM DENSITY: the maximum density within an HC District shall not
exceed a floor area ratio, of 1.0.
2. LOT SIZE: The minimum lot size in an H*C District shall be- not less than five
thousand (5,000) square feet.
3. MINIMUM OPEN SPACE: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area
shall be devoted to open space. Planned Commercial Centers permitted as
a Conditional Use shall meet the requirements of Section 26.N.3. Provided,
however, there shall be no open space required for lots fronting on the south
side of Northwest Highway, between Jenkins Street and Dooley Street.
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
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minimum open space requirements for the site.
4. MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: The combined area occupied by all
main and accessory structures, parking, storage, loading and other paved
areas shall not exceed eighty-five (85) percent of the total lot area.
Provided, however there shall be no maximum impervious area requirement
for lots fronting on the south side of Northwest highway, between Jenkins
Street and Dooley Street.
G. AREA REGULATIONS: The following minimum standards shall be required:
1. LOT WIDTH: Every lot shall have a minimum width of fifty (50) feet.
2. LOT DEPTH: Every lot shall have a minimum depth of not less than one
hundred (100) feet.
3. FRONT YARD: Every lot shall have a front yard of not less than twenty-five
(25) feet which shall be utilized as a landscaped setback area. Front yards
shall not be used for any building, structure, fence, wall or storage area,
except that signs may be permitted in this area in accordance nce with Section
60. Front yards -shall be landscaped with grass, shrubbery, vines, or trees
and no part shall be paved or surfaced except for minimum access,
driveways, and sidewalks.
Provided, however, the front yard set back for lots fronting on the south side
of Northwest highway, between Jenkins Street and -Dooley Street,. shall be
a minimum of ten (10) feet and may.bb Used for off-street parking, drives,
and sidewalks. The ten (10) foot front yard for this area shall not be used for
any building,. structure, fence, wall, or storage area.
4. SIDE YARDS: No side yards are required, except that when property -in an
HC District abuts property of a, district in which, a side yard is required, a side -
yard of equivalent width shall be provided in the HC District.
5. REAR YARD: A rear yard equivalent to the adjacent or contiguous district
shall be provided.
6. DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS: The minimum distance between:
detached principal or accessory buildings on the same lot shall be not less
than ten (10) feet.
H. BUFFER AREA REGULATIONS: When an HC District abuts a Residential District,
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an appropriate buffer and screen shall be provided in accordance with the
provisions of Section 50 of this Ordinance.
I. HEIGHT:
1. No principal structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two
(2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. Principal structures located adjacent to an
R-20, R-12.5, or R-7.5 District shall not exceed one (1) floor level and twenty
(20) feet in height, however an increase up to five (5) feet to this requirement
may be granted upon approval of a conditional use request by the City
Council.
2. No accessory structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding
fifteen (15) feet.
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
the provisions of Section 56 and 58 and shall be landscaped in accordance with
Section 53 of this Ordinance..
L. OFF-STREET LOADING: Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with
the provisions of Section 57 of this Ordinance.
M. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: The following design requirements shall apply in the
HC District:
1. Refuse disposal areas shall be landscaped and screened from view:
2. Mechanical and electrical equipment, including air conditioning units, shall
be designed, installed, and operated to minimize noise impact on
surrounding property. All such equipment shall be screened from public
view.
3. Lighting shall be designed to reflect away from any adjacent residential area.
4. Whenever an HC Highway Commercial District is adjacent to any
residentially zoned district, a buffer strip, at least twenty (20) feet in width
shall be provided between the two (2) districts. A wall, fence, or berm shall
be erected to effectively screen the HC District from the residential area and
no streets, alley, vehicular. storage area or use shall be permitted in the
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required buffer strip.
5. The Masonry Requirements of Section 54 shall be met.
6. All sales, display, or outdoor storage areas shall be surfaced in accordance
with Section 58 except those areas of nurseries and garden center where
living plants are located.
7. Storage areas for any product, excluding automobile and truck sales and
leasing, shall be completely enclosed by a blind fence or wall at least seven .
(7) feet high. No materials or products shall be stacked higher than one (1)
foot below the top of the fence or wall.
8. 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 outspecifically 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 protectran
for the general health, welfare and morals of the community in general.
9. Hotel/motel facilities are required to meet the following standards:
(a) Each guestroom shall have a minimum area of 380 sq. f#.
(b) A full service restaurant with full kitchen facilities and which provides
service to the general public shall be required.
(c) On-site staff is required 24 -hours a day, seven days a week.
(d) The following amenities shall be provided:
1. A minimum of 1,000 sq. ft. of meeting or conference room or
a ratio of 3 sq. ft of conference room per guest room,
whichever is greater; and
2. A swimming pool with a minimum area. of 1,000 sq. ft.
N. PLANNED COMMERCIAL CENTER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS: Each lot or parcel
of land created within a Planned Commercial Center shall comply with the following
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1. MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS OF PLANNED COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The front yard requirements contained in Section 26.G.3. shall
be applicable to each lot or parcel of land within a Planned Commercial
Center permitted. The minimum side and minimum rear yards as required
in Section 26.G.4. and G.S. shall be required around the outside perimeter
of a Planned Commercial 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
Commercial Center shall have a minimum twenty (20) feet of frontage on a
public right-of-way. Interior lots in a Planned Business Park 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 COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: The minimum landscaping requirements of Section 53.H.2.b.
shall be applicable around the outside perimeter of a Planned Commercial
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 COMMERCIAL
CENTERS: At least fifteen (15) percent of the total site area of the Planned
Commercial Center shall be devoted to non -vehicular open space (non-
vehicular open space is any area not devoted to buildings, parking, loading,
storage, or vehicular use).
4. BUILDING ELEVATIONS OF PROPOSED STRUCTURES SHALL BE
SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY SECTION 48.D.7.
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