Planning Report
Z17-0001 / Self-service Storage
City Council District
Planning & Zoning Commission
April 12, 2017
REQUEST:
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Hold a public hearing and consider a proposed revision to the Denton Development Code; specifically to amend Subchapter 5 pertaining to the self-service storage use. (Z17-0001, Self-service Storage, Julie Wyatt).
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APPLICANT:
Mike Coker with Coker Company
BACKGROUND:
The applicant has requested to amend the Denton Development Code (DDC) to permit self-service storage use in Community Mixed Use General (CM-G) District with a Specific Use Permit (SUP) and enhanced site design requirements. This proposal is at the request of the applicant and was not initiated by staff.
Per the DDC, self-service storage, "is a structure used for dead storage, mainly of the excess personal property of an individual or family, but also of small amounts of goods or merchandise for businesses or individuals." Currently, self-service storage is only permitted in industrial and employment-related districts. The districts which currently permit self-service storage include Employment Center Commercial (EC-C), Employment Center Industrial (EC-I), Industrial Center Employment (IC-E), and Industrial Center General (IC-G).
The proposed amendment to permit self-service storage in CM-G District also includes site design requirements to ensure that development complements the character of commercial corridors and nearby residential neighborhoods. The following is an itemization of the proposed DDC modifications:
* Relocate self-service storage from the Industrial Land Use Categories to the Commercial Land Use Categories in all zoning districts.
* Outline the requirements of a new limitation, L(35): Self-Service Storage uses must comply with the following provisions:
1. All sides of a self-service storage facility shall be constructed of 100 percent masonry, stone, architectural concrete block with integrated color (split-face CMU), stucco, or concrete tilt-wal...
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