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Plan Commission recommends Amazon Prime Air paddock at Research Drive with battery‑powered drone and daylight hours limitation
Summary
The commission voted 3‑2 to recommend amending the planned development zoning at 3051 Research Drive to allow an Amazon Prime Air commercial delivery hub (paddock) limited to battery‑powered drones and daylight hours; commissioners raised noise, flight‑volume and FAA coordination concerns.
The Richardson City Plan Commission on March 18 voted 3‑2 to recommend a plan‑development amendment for Amazon to establish a commercial delivery hub (paddock) for Prime Air at 3051 Research Drive, subject to two modifications adopted by motion: (1) define a commercial delivery drone as a battery‑powered unmanned aircraft system, and (2) limit the hours of commercial delivery hub (CDH) operation to sunrise‑to‑sunset.
Staff described the site as an existing STX‑8 sub‑same‑day fulfillment center in the IM‑1 industrial district at the southeast corner of Shiloh Road and Breckenridge Boulevard. The requested PD amendment would allow an approximately 10,000‑square‑foot paddock area north of the building with up to four launch/landing pads, battery storage in a modular building, a support trailer and fencing and gates for secure access. Staff said the site currently provides far more parking than required and that Amazon…
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