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Council approves SUP for 40-space vehicle storage lot at Renee Drive with board-on-board fencing
Summary
The Bedford City Council approved a specific use permit to allow a 40-space vehicle storage/parking lot to serve an adjacent auto body facility at 2721 and 2725 Renee Drive, with conditions including a 6-foot board-on-board cedar fence and a board-on-board gate.
The Bedford City Council on Sept. 23 approved a specific use permit to allow a 40-space vehicle storage lot at 2721 and 2725 Renee Drive to serve an adjoining auto body repair business.
The measure, requested by the property owner, rezones two lots in Oak Grove Estates Block 1 to allow a vehicle storage/parking lot in an industrial zoning district and sought relief from the city's masonry screening requirement where the site abuts an R-75 single-family parcel. Development Director Wes Morrison told council the applicant asked to waive the required 6-foot masonry wall because of topography and a required detention pond; instead the proposal includes a 6-foot wooden privacy fence and shrubs.
Council members pressed staff on screening details and long-term maintenance. Council member Farco proposed and the council adopted a condition requiring a 6-foot board-on-board fence built with 6-inch cedar planks and a board-on-board gate; Mayor Pro Tem Michelle Dawkins seconded the motion. The council voted unanimously to approve the SUP, with staff noting the applicant must still address engineering and drainage in later permitting.
The planning and zoning commission recommended approval by a 6-0 vote with one abstention. Morrison said the site would be accessed from the lot to the north rather than from the unimproved section of Renee Drive, and that the detention pond would be located at the south end of the site. He also said 23 adjoining property owners were notified and that staff had received no responses in favor or opposed.
Council discussion also explored whether a masonry wall requirement should become mandatory if nearby parcels later develop residentially; staff said the city could add a condition requiring future conversion if residential development occurs and could track that requirement in its permitting software. Morrison also advised that detailed engineering for runoff will be reviewed during the public works permit phase and could require off-site improvements.
The ordinance and SUP approval include the fence and gate specification; additional conditions addressing replatting and engineering were discussed as follow-up items.
The council returned from an executive session earlier in the meeting and took no separate action related to this item.
