Z090-124(RB)

BACKGROUND:

• The request site is undeveloped.

• The applicant proposes to improve the property with various structures to provide for
an outside salvage or reclamation use.

• Specific Use Permit No. 1004 for Outside sales will be updated in conjunction with
the request.

• During the City Plan Commission pubic hearing, the applicant volunteered deed
restrictions that prohibit certain uses.

Zoning History: There has been no recent zoning activity in the immediate area
relevant to this request.

Thoroughfare Designation; Existing & Proposed ROW

Singleton Boulevard Principal Arterial; 100’ & 100’ ROW

STAFF ANALYSIS:

Comprehensive Plan: The request site is located within an industrial area and is
adjacent to a major roadway and the Trinity River. Typically, industrial areas offer
important employment opportunities that occupy large areas of land are usually near
major roads and heavy rail lines. Evolving technology and the need for freight
movement through the Dallas area means that this sector of the city can offer an
excellent opportunity for jobs. Logistics and warehousing, a growing industry with strong
potential for upward mobility of skilled workers, would thrive in such areas. Examples
include Southport and the Agile Port, parts of West Dallas along I-30, and the
Stemmons industrial area. These areas include a mix of low- and medium-density
industrial buildings and industrial yards and have large surface parking for cars and
trucks. Industrial areas rely on quality road access and may be linked to rail for freight
purposes. Street lanes are wide and intersections are large. Transit, sidewalks and
other pedestrian improvements are limited.
Land Use Element

Goal 1.4—Coordinate planning activities to balance transportation, land use, infrastructure

and the environment

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Policy 1.4.1—Coordinate development and planning activities.

Trinity River Corridor Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The site is located within the
West Dallas District, Commercial Corridor; specifically, the Westmoreland Heights/Lake
West Study Area. The Land Use Opportunity Plan calls for light industrial uses for the
immediate area.

Land Use Compatibility: The request site is currently undeveloped. The applicant is
requesting an IM Industrial Manufacturing District (the existing IR District does not
permit the requested use) and an SUP for an Outside salvage or reclamation use.
Deed restrictions have been volunteered prohibiting certain uses.

The predominate land use within the immediate area is industrial (with screening of
outside operations) and trucking operations. Those operations fronting along Singleton
Boulevard tend to be developed on larger parcels, while those along both sides of Pluto
Street (west of the site) are located on parcels less than one acre. A drainage channel
runs traverses through the area and parallels the western property line. Three SUP’s
exist along Pluto Street: 1) SUP No. 295 for a Salvage yard; 2) SUP No. 494 for a
wrecking yard; and, 3) SUP No. 735 for a Junk and salvage yard. All three SUP’s
possess a permanent time period.

The general provisions for a Specific Use Permit in Section 51A-4.219 of the Dallas
Development Code specifically state: (1) The SUP provides a means for developing
certain uses in a manner in which the specific use will be compatible with the adjacent
property and consistent with the character of the neighborhood; (2) Each SUP
application must be evaluated as to its probable effect on the adjacent property and the
community welfare and may be approved or denied as the findings indicate appropriate;
(3) The city council shall not grant an SUP for a use except upon a finding that the use
will: (A) complement or be compatible with the surrounding uses and community
facilities; (B) contribute to, enhance, or promote the welfare of the area of request and
adjacent properties; (C) not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or general
welfare; and (D) conform in all other respects to all zoning regulations and standards.

The applicant has submitted a site plan that provides for new structures to
accommodate the operation. Staff’s recommended conditions will require all dismantling
of vehicles to be contained to a structure as well as providing for specific landscaping
that concentrates the planting of required materials between the Singleton Boulevard
frontage and the main facades of the proposed structures.

Based on staff’s analysis of the request, existing built environment, and the specific

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detail of the operation in the locations noted on the plan, staff has determined the use
complies with the provisions for consideration of an SUP. Lastly, staff supports the
volunteered deed restriction that prohibits certain uses permitted by the requested IM
District.

Traffic: The Engineering Section of the Building Inspection Division of the Department
of Sustainable Development and Construction has reviewed the request and determined
that it will not significantly impact the surrounding street system.

Parking: The improvements on the site provide for a designated on-site surface parking
area with the applicant providing 20 parking spaces (14 required).

Landscaping: Based on the applicant’s proposed improvements, the site will require
compliance with Article X. The applicant will utilize the creation of an artificial lot for
compliance with Article X. The attached site plan will concentrate planting areas
between the Singleton Boulevard frontage and the main facades of the proposed
structures. This ensures a softening of the proposed along this thoroughfare.

CPC ACTION

(May 20, 2010)

Motion: It was moved to recommend approval of an IM Industrial Manufacturing

District, approval of a Specific Use Permit for an Outside salvage or reclamation use for
a two-year period with eligibility for automatic renewals for additional three-year periods,
subject to a revised site plan (including landscape), conditions and revised deed
restriction volunteered by the applicant, and approval of the termination of Specific Use
Permit No. 1004 for Outside sales on property zoned an IR Industrial Research District,
on the north line of Singleton Boulevard, east of Pluto Street.

Maker: Lozano
Second: Peterson
Result: Carried: 12 to 2

For: 12 - R. Davis, Wally, Anglin, Rodgers, Lozano,

Lavallaisaa, Tarpley, Bernbaum, Wolfish,
Schwartz, Peterson, Alcantar

Against: 2 - M. Davis, Bagley

Absent: 0
Vacancy: 1 - District 10

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Notices: Area: 400 Mailed: 25

Replies: For: 4 Against: 6

Speakers: For: Santos Martinez, 900 Jackson St., Dallas, TX, 75202
Against: Lawrence Sweeney, 4900 Singleton Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75212
Tim Velamos, 4025 Singleton Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75212
Jerry Gilcrease, 3109 Pluto St., Dallas, TX, 75212
Ricky Gilcrease, 3109 Pluto St., Dallas, TX, 75212
Victor Toledo, 9925 Lakeway Ct., Dallas, TX, 75230
James Cornelius, 1601 Elm St., Dallas, TX,