Planning commission recommends PD for GreenMark Waste Solutions headquarters on West Kennedale Parkway

The Kennedale Planning & Zoning Commission on a 4-0 vote recommended City Council approve a rezoning to Planned Development to allow GreenMark Waste Solutions to locate a corporate headquarters and fleet storage at the former Kennedale Campers property (addresses listed in the staff report along West Kennedale Parkway). The motion to recommend approval was made and seconded by commissioners; the vote was unanimous.

Applicant representative Scott Tibbett of Mission Rich Consultants told the commission the PD would allow GreenMark to convert the existing showroom/office building to headquarters space and use the rear yard for fleet and container storage. "We're proposing the uses: general offices and services, construction building services which includes indoor and outdoor storage subuses," Tibbett said, and emphasized the company will not conduct on‑site waste processing or dumping.

Tibbett and the applicant described a package of design and operational commitments the PD would include: replacing an existing chain‑link fence with an opaque masonry wall, enhanced landscaping along the north property line, evergreen plantings to screen residences to the north, a 50‑foot buffer between outdoor operations and adjacent homes, and façade design that complements the Old Town character along Kennedale Parkway. He said outdoor storage areas would be screened from the parkway and that outdoor lighting would be shielded and directed downward to meet and exceed the cited 0.2 foot‑candle standard at property boundaries.

Michael Winn, identified in the public hearing as president of GreenMark Waste Solutions, said containers and portable restroom units brought back to the site would be stored only after they were emptied, cleaned and sanitized off‑site. "No actual waste will be brought back, right? Like all the containers that are set there will be clean," Winn said. He also said the company expects to start with about 12 employees at the site and intends to hire additional staff as the business grows.

The PD text presented to the commission included operational limits: outdoor storage screened by an at‑least‑8‑foot solid fence, a maximum of 31 parking spaces in the immediate site plan, idling or staging near the residential boundary limited to short durations (the applicant described a 20‑minute idling cap in the buffer), and routine vehicle maintenance restricted to minor tasks within an enclosed facility. Tibbett told commissioners the company will install new masonry screening and plantings to mitigate noise and visual impacts and will abide by local, state and federal regulations.

Commissioners asked about truck movements and timing; staff and the applicant said operations are planned to minimize crossings of Kennedale Parkway during morning rush hour because vehicles will return from regional landfills and turn into the site from the parkway. Commissioners also noted lighting, screening and parking standards in the proposed PD and discussed consistency with the city's comprehensive plan. Staff recommended approval, finding the proposed PD and site design consistent with the plan and with the Old Town design goals the applicant said they would honor.

After the public hearing and applicant presentation, a commissioner moved to recommend approval of PZ case 25‑01; another commissioner seconded, and the commission voted 4‑0 to forward the PD rezoning to City Council with a recommendation of approval. The matter will next be considered at a City Council public hearing.