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Planning staff backs map change for Goodland Light Industrial District; DRC recommends approval
Summary
Planning staff told the Grand Prairie Planning and Zoning Commission that a recent land acquisition within the Goodland Light Industrial District prompted a comprehensive plan amendment and multiple zone changes intended to align the future land use map with existing light-industrial zoning. DRC recommends approval; notices: 109 mailed, 3 opposition letters to date.
Planning staff presented items 2 and 3 as a combined comprehensive-plan amendment and multiple zone changes for the Goodland Light Industrial District, saying the applicant recently acquired about 70 acres and the change would “clean up” the future land use map to match existing light-industrial zoning, including data center uses. Staff told commissioners the district is already largely designated as business park but that small parcels still carried mixed-residential, open-space or low-density-residential designations that the amendment would correct.
Staff said the developer’s recent land purchase filled a previously unassigned “hole” inside the district and that, at present, the primary focus is on getting a data center constructed on part of the site while other portions could later be used for employment centers or other light-industrial uses. “This is a comprehensive plan amendment for Goodland Light Industrial District,” the presenting planner said, noting there is not yet a proposal for the entire area.
The Development Review Committee (DRC) recommends approval. Staff reported they mailed 109 required notices, received 0 responses in favor and three opposition letters submitted before the briefing. Commissioners asked staff to check an opposition letter that arrived after the packet; staff said they would attempt to include it in the record for the regular meeting. No formal action was taken during the staff briefing; the case will be heard in the regular meeting's public hearing.
