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Council approves amendment to Rosemary planned development to allow auto body painting and rebuilding
Summary
The Denison City Council approved an ordinance amending Planned Development (PD) Ordinance No. 5172 (the Rosemary) to allow an auto body painting and rebuilding use; applicant said the site would be about 2 acres with a 16,100-square-foot building and about 65 screened outdoor storage spaces.
Denison City Council on Monday approved an ordinance amending the uses allowed within the Rosemary planned development overlay to permit an auto body painting and rebuilding facility.
City staff presented the request as an amendment to Ordinance No. 5172, the Rosemary PD, originally approved Nov. 1, 2021. The amendment would allow an auto body painting and rebuilding use on property east of U.S. 75 frontage road and west of Lillis Lane, near existing residential development along Lillis Lane.
Diane York, city staff, told the council the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval with the condition that the highway-oriented corridor overlay district standards apply. "The future land use plan does call this area to be developed in a mixed commercial manner, so approving this amendment would comply with that future land use plan," York said, adding staff recommended approval.
During a public hearing, an applicant who identified himself as Andrew said the developer planned to carve off approximately 2 acres for the operation. "The building is 16,100 square feet, and we'll have approximately 65 [temporary] auto storage lots," Andrew said, adding the outdoor storage would be screened with chain link and vinyl slats.
Council members asked about landscaping and screening requirements. York said Chapter 28 screening requirements of the city code would apply and described frontage landscaping and parking island standards in the overlay: a significant frontage strip (described in staff comments as roughly 30 feet), required parking-end islands and additional islands every 15 spaces, and specified shade-tree spacing and caliper minimums. York said any outdoor storage would have to be fully screened from adjacent rights-of-way and residentially zoned areas.
Heather Rimmer, representing the developer, said she was present to answer operational questions.
Councilman Spence Redwine moved to approve the ordinance amending the Rosemary PD (Ordinance No. 5172) to allow auto body painting and rebuilding, with the condition that the highway-oriented corridor overlay standards apply; Councilman Josh Massey seconded. The motion passed with council voting in favor and no opposition.
The change allows the developer to pursue a Caliber Collision center at the site if subsequent development approvals (replat, building permits) proceed.
The council then moved to the next item on the agenda.
