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Planning commission recommends PD amendment to allow Long Creek data center, forwards measure to council
Summary
The Mesquite Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a planned development amendment to allow a single-building data center on roughly 28 acres along Long Creek Road, endorsing reduced parking and a 20-foot screening wall; the measure will go to City Council March 16.
The Mesquite Planning and Zoning Commission on Feb. 23 recommended approval of a planned development amendment that would allow a single-building data center on the city’s East Tract along Long Creek Road and forwarded the application to City Council for consideration on March 16.
Carolyn Horner, a planner with the Mesquite Planning Department, told commissioners the proposal would amend Planned Development Ordinance No. 4962 to replace Industrial Building 2 with a single data center and to modify development standards including reduced parking and a taller screening wall. "Staff assessment ... approval of the modified development standards and concept plan ... is warranted as it is consistent with the Mesquite comprehensive plan," Horner said.
The amendment asks the commission to approve a concept plan for a roughly 28-acre site and several specific changes: a 20-foot precast masonry screening wall to enclose mechanical equipment yards; a proposed minimum 25-foot landscape buffer along Long Creek Road and E. Cyrene Road with…
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