HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-3459-E Staff AnalysisJuly 8, 1999
ITEM NO.: 13 FILE NO: Z -3459-E
NAME: Mabelvale Plaza Car Temps - Conditional Use
Permit
LOCATION: 10101 Mabelvale Plaza Drive, Suite 11A
OWNER/APPLICANT: Mabelvale Plaza, LLC/Ashley Company
PROPOSAL: To obtain a conditional use permit at
10101 Mabelvale Plaza Drive to allow 15
rental cars to be parked in the plaza
parking lot in conjunction with the rental
office in the main building on this C-3
zoned, General Commercial property.
ORDINANCE DESIGN STANDARDS:
1. SITE LOCATION:
Mabelvale Plaza Shopping Center is located on the south
side of I-30, at its intersection with Baseline Road. The
existing car rental office is in Suite 11A. They wish to
park the rental cars in a designated area in the existing
parking lot, away from the building.
2. COMPATIBILITY WITH NEGHBORHOOD:
This site is Zoned C-3, General Commercial. This proposal
involves one existing office suite in a large office strip.
The only thing different from the other offices is that the
applicant wants to park rental cars in the parking lot.
Staff believes that using only 15 parking spaces in the
outer area of the large 239 space existing parking area
will not have a detrimental affect.
The West Baseline and Mavis Circle Neighborhood
Associations were notified of the Public Hearing.
3. ON SITE DRIVES AND PARKING:
No construction is proposed for this application so
driveways are not impacted. The Plaza requires 122 parking
spaces for its 40,000 square feet, including 5 required to
be handicapped accessible. There are 239 existing spaces in
close vicinity to the building, but none of them are
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SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 13 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -3459-E
designated currently as handicapped accessible on the plan.
Designating 15 spaces for rental car parking should not
negatively impact parking.
4. SCREENING AND BUFFERS:
No comments.
5. PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS:
No comments.
6. UTILITY AND FIRE DEPT. COMMENTS:
Water: No objection.
Wastewater: Sewer available, not adversely affected.
Southwestern Bell: No comments received.
ARKLA: No comments received.
Entergy: Approved as submitted.
Fire Department: Approved as submitted.
CATA: Bus service is provided to this site.
7. STAFF ANALYSIS:
The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to
park 15 rental cars in the outer area of an existing 239
space parking lot. Auto rental or leasing is a conditional
use in C-3. No servicing or maintenance of vehicles will
take place at this site.
Based on the 40,000 square feet for the entire building,
122 parking spaces are required. The restaurant soon to be
built to the north east of this site will use 22 spaces in
this parking area to satisfy its parking requirements. That
still leaves 95 excess parking spaces. Therefore, reserving
15 of those for rental cars should have no negative impact
as long as they are not made to stand out in any special
way with flags, banners or other attention getting devices
being placed on them.
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ITEM NO.: 13 (Cont.) FILE NO.: Z -3459-E
During the review of this proposal Staff discovered that
the required number of handicapped accessible parking
spaces had not be located according to ADA standards. This
will need to be corrected.
8. STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the conditional use permit
subject to compliance with the following conditions:
a. Locate and mark the required number of handicapped
accessible parking spaces for this 239 space parking
lot in accordance with ADA standards.
b. The rental cars parked in the parking area cannot be
used as a marketing device or be made to stand out in
any special way with flags, banners or other attention
getting devices being placed on them for any reason.
C. No servicing or maintenance of the rental vehicles will
take place at this location.
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE COMMENTS:
(JUNE 17, 1999)
Greg Mueller of the Ashley Company was present representing the
application. Staff gave a brief description of the proposal.
The applicant briefly explained to the Committee members where
the cars would be parked and what additional impact the new
restaurant would have on the parking area. Staff reviewed the
restrictions regarding not making the cars stand out as a
marketing device. The applicant was asked to verify where the
handicapped accessible parking spaces were.
There being no further issues, the Committee accepted the
proposal and forwarded the item to the full Commission for final
resolution.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: (JULY 8, 1999)
Greg Mueller of the Ashley Company was present representing the
application. There were no registered objectors present. Staff
presented the item with a recommendation for approval subject to
compliance with the conditions listed under "Staff
Recommendation."
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July 8, 1999
SUBDIVISION
ITEM NO.: 13 (Cont.)
FILE NO.: Z -3459-E
The item was placed on the Consent Agenda and approved as
recommended by Staff. The vote was 10 ayes, 0 nays, and
1 absent.
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