8/6/2013
Honorable Mayor and Councilors
City Manager
City Attorney
Clerk of Council
Subject: (EXCP-6-13-2363) Special Exception Use request to operate Auto/Truck sales on
less than 2 acres located at 170 Brennan Road.
Jimmy Tong has submitted an application for the Special Exception Use cited
above. The property is located in a LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)
zoning district. The site for the proposed dealership is approximately 0.5
acres. The applicant has submitted a site plan, which is attached. The purpose
of the Special Exception Use is to allow for the operation of an auto sales
dealership on less than 2 acres:
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Access. - Is or will the type of street providing access to the use be adequate to serve the proposed special exception use?
Brennan Road is classified as an undivided arterial. Commercial driveways must
meet criteria set forth by Traffic Engineering Section 8.8.13. For sale
vehicles area shall be limited to a maximum of 50 percent lot coverage.
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Traffic and Pedestrian Safety. - Is or will access into and out of the property be adequate to provide for traffic and pedestrian safety, the anticipated volume of traffic flow, and access by emergency vehicles?
The site allows ingress/egress to an arterial road connected to St. Mary?s
Road/Buena Vista Road in the North, which should maintain adequate flow of
traffic to and from the subject property. The current level of service is B.
The level of service will remain the same after incorporating this proposed
use.
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Adequacy of Public Facilities. - Are or will public facilities such as schools, water or sewer utilities, and police or fire protection be adequate to serve the special exception use?
Services such as water, sewer, utilities, police, and fire protection will be
adequate and serve the proposed use at this location. Furthermore, there will
be no impact on neighboring schools in the immediate area.
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Protection from Adverse Affects. - Are or will refuse, service, parking and loading areas on the property be located or screened to protect other properties in the area from such adverse effects as noise, light, glare or odor?
Off-street parking will be utilized on-site. No buffer requirement exists for
LMI property abutting LMI property. Street buffer is addressed in the Section
4.5.8 of the UDO. External dumpsters/compactors and lighting are addressed in
the UDO. Noise impacts are addressed in the City Code.
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Hours of Operation. - Will the hours and manner of operation of the special exception use have no adverse effects on other properties in the area?
The hours of operation for this use will not have an adverse impact on the
neighboring properties in the area.
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Compatibility. - Will the height, size or location of the buildings or structures on the property be compatible with the height, size, character or location of buildings or other structures on neighboring properties?
The height, size and location of the proposed structure will be compatible with
other structures on neighboring properties.
Council District: District 3 (Huff)
Seven (7) property owners within 300 feet of the property have been notified by
mail of the proposed Special Exception Use. To date, the Planning Department
has not received any comments regarding this request.
Additional Information: The current use for the property is an auto/truck tire
sales and installation. The applicant is planning to add the car dealership as
an additional use. A minimum of 8 parking spaces shall be provided for customer
and employee parking, including one handicapped accessible space.
The Planning Advisory Commission recommended approval at the July 17, 2013
meeting.
The Planning Department recommends that the Council approves the use because
the application for a Special Exception use meets the criteria for approval.