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Plan commission approves special permit for Zipline operations and maintenance center in Richardson
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The Richardson City Plan Commission unanimously approved a special permit allowing Zipline to operate a drone operations and maintenance center (DOMC) at 1155 Cass Drive, limited to ground‑based maintenance and a single docking station area described in the concept plan.
The Richardson City Plan Commission on Tuesday approved a special permit for a Zipline drone operations and maintenance center (DOMC) at 1155 Cass Drive and limited the use to the area shown on the submitted concept plan.
City planning staff explained that local governments are restricted to regulating ground‑based aspects of drone facilities; airspace and aircraft operations are overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Collins Arapaho plan development (PD) previously was amended to allow a DOMC in the employment subdistrict by special permit, subject to standards that include locating ground‑mounted equipment to the rear or side of a building and limiting above‑roof equipment to 10 feet above the primary structure.
Zipline representatives told the commission the proposed site is a roughly 5‑acre lot with an…
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