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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAG E
SCOTT WILLIAMS, DEVELOPMENT StfVICES DIRECTOR
MEETING DATE: MARCH 19, 2013
SUBJECT: WORKSHOP—DI ON RELATIVE TO REQUIRING A
SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR NEW PARKING LOTS AND
PARKING LOT EXPANSIONS WITHIN THE GRAPEVINE
HISTORIC TOWNSHIP DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council to discuss requiring a special use permit for new parking lots and parking lot
expansions within the Grapevine Historic Township District and take any necessary action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
At the February 19, 2013 meeting, one of the casesinvolved a parking pIan that could have
potentially allowed the construction of a parking lot that of have encroached into the
College Street Historic District. This would have been a potentially more intensive use that
would reach into a portion of the district with a more residential nature. Furthermore, the
large parking lot would have consumed a great deal of green space on the historic
property, significantly altering the nature of the neighborhood. Several Council Members
expressed a great deal of concern about this impact.
At a March 5, 2013 Council workshop to discuss the matter, it was generally agreed that
Council oversight should be required for new parking lots and the expansion of existing
parking lots in the downtown area of the city. With that goal in in Section 49, Special
Uses has been amended to require a special use permit for stand-alone, new parking lots
or the expansion of existing parking lots in excess of four spaces within the Grapevine
Historic Township District. See the attached ordinance.
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( Garbage storage II be screened all four sides by a soli
wooden r masonry fence and located on a concrete of
less than fifty ) feet c any adjoining property.
14. CHURCHES
( Churches that c the xi mum height regulation established for
the zoning istric in is they are listed as a permitted or conditional
use. All other district regulations shall apply.
} Churches, in the following zc i i ric : `d 89 Limited Business
District, " 17 Grapevine I t District, " 8P Neighborhood
CoHighway mmercial i trict, " 79 o u ity o ercl I i triict, LL 98
Commercial District, "PO" Professional Office District, " 99
Central Business District, " T87 Historic Grapevine Township District,
"6 Hotel Corporate Office District, L Recreational Amusemen
District, "Ll' Light Industrial District, " 9 Business Park istri�gt°
" 99
Planned rc e Development District, " ID" Planned Industrial
Development is ric ° and "GU" Governmental Use District.
15. Off-street parking lots, accommodating a permitted or conditional use i i
the 113" Limited usin ss District, 9L 7P Grapevine Vintage District, PL 99
Neighborhood Commercial District, "CC" Community o rci l District,
"HC" Highway Commercial District, "PO" Professional Office District, LL 99
Central Business District, " T'° Historic Grapevine Township Dis rict," 99
Hotel and Corporate is i ri ° "RA"Recreation/Amusement District, " I'°
Light Industrial District, "BP" Business Park District, " °° Planned
Commerce Development District, " I °i Planned Industrial Development
District, which require r parking.
EXCEPTIONS: The following uses shall be exempt from
requirements is section.
1) Valet parking services.
16. Public Rail Station Facilities.
expansion 17. Stand alone off-street arking lots or
.12arki,ng lot in r within the Grapevine it
Township District t Highway,
Dallas Street)
C. APPLICATION: application for a Special Use Permit may be filed by the owner
o ° or other person having contractual r possessory interest in9 the subject
9 Section