HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-5662 Staff AnalysisMarch 9, 1993
ITEM NO.: 10 FILE NO.: Z-5662
NAME:
LOCATION•
OWNER/APPLICANT:
PROPOSAL:
ORDINANCE DESIGN STANDARDS:
1. Site Location
Powell Garden Center - Conditional
Use Permit
7305 West 12th Street
Wilbert Powell
The applicant proposes to utilize
this existing C-3 zoned building
and site as a garden center with
limited outside display. The
proposal also includes the
construction of an approximately
60 foot by 40 foot greenhouse
structure to be erected at the rear
of the existing building. The
greenhouse will be constructed of
steel pipe covered with a copolymer
greenhouse covering, and will
require a variance from the
required 25 foot rear yard setback.
This site is located on the south side of West 12th Street,
just east of its intersection with South Rodney Parham Road.
2. compatibility with Neighborhood
This proposed use will occupy half of a small tract of C-3
zoned property on the south side of West 12th Street. The
majority of the uses on the south side of West 12th Street,
in the immediate vicinity, are industrial in nature.
Directly south of and adjacent to this site is a
nonconforming concrete batch plant. Both east and west of
this site are large areas of I-2 zoning occupied by
warehousing and wholesaling businesses.
Across West 12th Street is a vacant tract of C-3 zoning and
adjacent to that is a cemetery.
The applicant proposes to construct a greenhouse structure
behind the existing building and utilize an area on the west
side of the building for outdoor display of plants and
landscape materials. This proposed use appears to be
compatible with the adjacent neighborhood.
3. on-site Drives_ and Parking
This site was previously occupied by a car wash and is paved
from property line to property line. The site plan shows
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4.
5.
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spaces for six vehicles to
proposed greenhouse. These
this use.
Screening and Buffers
be parked on the west side of the
spaces should be sufficient for
There is currently a 7 foot solid wood fence which encloses
the area located behind the existing building. The proposed
greenhouse structure will be constructed in this area and
will be screened by the wood fence.
Since the property is currently paved and the proposed
greenhouse is more of a "temporary" type structure, only a
small upgrade in landscaping is required.
City Engineer Comments
No comments
utility Comments
No negative utility comments as of this writing.
7. Analysis
8.
A lawn and garden center, enclosed is an allowed use within
the C-3 zone. The fact that Mr. Powell is proposing to
maintain an area of open display generates the need for a
conditional use permit.
The proposed greenhouse structure will be screened almost
entirely by the existing building and 7 foot solid wood
fence, and should not have an adverse effect on the adjacent
property.
Staff feels that this use is appropriate for the area and
supports the proposal with the stipulation that the area of
outdoor display be limited to that area shown on the site
plan.
Sta€f Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of this application subject to a
small upgrade in landscaping and the area of outdoor display
being limited to that area shown on the site plan.
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SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE_COMMENT: (FEBRUARY 18, 1993)
The applicant was present. Staff presented the item and
explained the proposed construction of the greenhouse structure.
A brief discussion took place with Mr. Powell regarding some
needed landscaping upgrade. Mr. Powell agreed to place some
additional landscaping on the west side of the proposed
greenhouse as well as in front of the existing building. After
further discussion, this item was forwarded to the full
Commission for final resolution.
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
The applicant was not present.
(Mr. Powell later informed the
to a death in his family.)
(MARCH 9, 1993)
There were no objectors present.
staff that he was out-of-town due
Dana Carney, of the Planning staff, presented the item. He
informed the Commission that Mr. Powell had amended his proposal
to include a smaller greenhouse structure to be placed directly
west of the building, in the area shown for outdoor display. The
smaller structure is to be designed of the same material as the
proposed larger structure located behind the building.
Mr. Carney told the Commission that staff was recommending
approval of the proposal as amended to include the second
greenhouse structure.
After a brief discussion, a vote was taken. The vote was 7 ayes,
0 noes and 4 absent. The application was approved.
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