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Plan Commission approves landscaping and parking variance for 320 W. Interstate 30 to allow concrete upgrade
Summary
The Garland Plan Commission granted a hardship variance to reduce required parking-area and perimeter landscaping at 320 West Interstate 30 so the property owner can replace an aging asphalt lot with concrete without losing critical parking spaces.
The Garland Plan Commission voted unanimously Aug. 25 to approve a development-variance request that reduces required nonresidential parking-area, site and perimeter landscaping at 320 West Interstate 30 so the owner can upgrade an aging asphalt lot to concrete.
Staff and the applicant told commissioners the 0.6-acre site is fully surrounded by light-commercial development and currently has an older asphalt parking surface. Under the Garland Development Code (GDC), voluntarily upgrading an existing parking surface to current standards would normally trigger new landscaping requirements — frontage landscaping, interior islands and perimeter…
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