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Grand Prairie staff preview SDP25-15 warehouse site plan; variances sought for floodplain screening and retaining walls

5385577 · July 14, 2025
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City planning staff briefed the Planning and Zoning Commission on SDP25-15, a proposed industrial warehouse site that seeks variances to masonry screening and proposes wrought-iron fencing and retaining walls in floodplain areas; staff recommended approval with conditions and noted engineering review is required.

City of Grand Prairie planning staff on July 14 previewed SDP25-15, a site plan for an industrial office-warehouse that seeks variances for masonry screening where the site’s steep grades and floodplain make continuous masonry walls impractical.

The briefing, which is a staff preview ahead of the public hearing, explained the property contains steep slopes—staff described a roughly 30–40 degree elevation change—and areas in the floodplain. Under the Unified Development Code and the city’s Appendix X, properties adjacent to multifamily uses must provide a six-foot masonry screening wall; the applicant is asking to substitute…

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