Commission approves specific‑use permit for equipment dealer along I‑35 with conditions
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Summary
The commission approved a specific‑use permit for National Equipment Dealers to operate a sales, rental and maintenance facility near I‑35, subject to site and screening conditions and with coordination for TxDOT right‑of‑way impacts.
The Denton Planning and Zoning Commission on March 19 approved a specific‑use permit allowing National Equipment Dealers to develop a commercial equipment sales, rental and maintenance site on an approximately 4.25‑acre parcel adjacent to I‑35 and the terminus of Jim Crystal Road.
City staff described the proposed development as a 12,000‑square‑foot building with about 7,000 square feet of warehouse space, a roughly 42,000‑square‑foot outdoor equipment display area along the right‑of‑way, and 24 vehicular parking spaces. The site is zoned Light Industrial and the city’s future land use map identifies the area as Regional Mixed Use; staff concluded the proposal met the Denton Development Code criteria for a specific use permit and recommended approval with conditions.
Conditions approved by the commission require substantial conformance with the submitted site and landscape plans, limit any expansion of outdoor equipment sales or storage without additional review, and require opaque screening for any outdoor storage that later occurs. The permit also notes the site borders TxDOT right‑of‑way; staff and the applicant said they have been coordinating with TxDOT and that a previously recorded TxDOT taking and a 20‑foot public utility easement already exist along the northern edge of the site.
Mac Mackey, attorney for the applicant, told the commission the “thick black line” on the site plan represents the ultimate TxDOT taking that has already occurred and that the public utility easement is already in place for the current improvements. Aaron Stanley, assistant planner, said staff received one written response in favor from an adjacent property owner and recommended approval with five standard conditions covering site plan compliance, buffering, and potential TxDOT access adjustments.
Commissioner Grama Carrillo moved to approve the specific‑use permit with the listed conditions; Commissioner Dyer seconded. The board voted 4–0 to approve the SUP. The item will next go to City Council for final action on April 15.