Parker planning commission recommends rezoning for Compark Village amendment

The Parker Planning Commission on Monday recommended that the Town Council approve Compark Village Planned Development Amendment No. 8, a rezoning that reconfigures three planning areas, adjusts acreage and expands open space along the Green Acres tributary.

Staff told the commission the PD covers roughly 390 acres on both sides of E‑470 primarily west of Chambers Road and that the bulk of the development was annexed into the town in 2007 with an additional 150‑acre area added in 2015 known as Compark Village South. "Therefore staff recommends that the planning commission recommend Town Council approve the Compark Village PD amendment number 8," the planning staff presenter said.

The amendment would rezone Planning Area 13 from mixed‑use to light industrial flex and reduce its size from about 26.4 acres to 22.7 acres; change Planning Area 14 from neighborhood commercial to office employment and increase it from about 9.07 acres to 12.8 acres; and convert Planning Area 15 from mixed‑use to neighborhood commercial, shrinking it from about 9.86 acres to 6.4 acres. Staff also says the open space between PA13 and PA14 that contains the Green Acres tributary would increase from about 9.33 acres to 16.7 acres.

Larry Jacobson of Westside Investment Partners, the applicant's representative, summarized the rationale for the changes as adapting older designations to current market conditions and simplifying the zoning to encourage light‑industrial/flex development. "This property is pretty much the last remaining development property in Compark," Jacobson said, and noted the amendment also anticipates medical‑support uses to serve the nearby CommonSpirit Hospital.

Commission members commended the effort to resolve long‑running planning issues but pressed staff and the applicant on specific permitted uses and design standards. One commissioner said they "do not like all of the standard uses in the PD guide language" and expressed opposition to a proliferation of car sales or heavy automotive uses along the Belfort Avenue entry to town. Planning staff responded that the permitted uses and signage rules described in the PD are drawn from the town's land development ordinance and that certain uses, such as a car wash, would remain subject to review as a use‑by‑special‑review.

Despite those concerns, commissioners said the amendment responds to changing market demands and maintains design standards intended to preserve commercial character along Belfort Avenue. A motion to recommend Town Council approval was made, seconded, and carried with recorded 'Aye' votes.

The commission's recommendation moves the amendment to the Town Council for final action. The council will set its own public hearing and vote on the ordinance; a date for council consideration was not stated at the meeting.