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Conyers staff propose zoning text amendments to allow car, truck and van rentals in industrial zones
Summary
Planning staff presented first readings of Ordinances 14‑67 and 14‑68 to add car, truck and van rental uses to the Industrial Distribution (ID) zoning district and to update supplemental standards (buffers, queuing, idling and hours). The items go to the planning commission for public hearing and return for second reading and vote on the 18th.
City planning staff presented two companion text amendments to the zoning ordinance that would expand where vehicle‑rental businesses can operate.
Ordinance 14‑67 would add car rental to the table of permitted uses (code section 8‑790) so car rental operations could locate in the Industrial Distribution (ID) district; staff noted the request was prompted by a local business (Courtesy Ford) and an Enterprise application for a business license. Staff said the proposed change would open ID properties to car rental as a use that staff considers "fairly benign" but that supplemental standards would govern operations.
Ordinance 14‑68 would amend the supplemental use standards (section 8‑792.69) to include car, truck and van rental and to add measures intended to limit negative externalities: required on‑site queuing lanes to prevent spillover into the public right of way; circulation standards to avoid backing into public streets; limits on outdoor vehicle staging, washing and idling (restricted to 7 a.m.–8 p.m., maximum 15 minutes idling, not more than three vehicles idling at once); and a minimum 100‑foot parking/storage setback from abutting residential property, with an 8‑foot opaque fence or wall plus landscaping where industrial storage abuts residential use.
Council members asked about the specific location (Courtesy Parkway/Transparent Drive) and whether future extension of Transparent Drive or nearby county land (Yellow River/horse park area) would affect residential adjacency; staff said buffers and supplemental standards are designed to mitigate impacts and that the planning commission will hold a public hearing before the second reading and vote. Staff scheduled the planning commission public hearing for the tenth and a council public hearing and vote for the 18th.
Next steps: both ordinances proceed to the planning commission for public hearing; staff will return to council for a second reading and vote at the next meeting.
