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Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z0126-0434, submitted by Rande LeCours, SLS Consultants, for a change of zoning to amend Planned Development (PD) - Industrial, Ordinance No. 4962, to modify the development standards and concept plan in the PD for the East Tract located at 180, 200, 270, and 300 Long Creek Road.
(No responses in favor or in opposition to the application have been received from property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval with certain stipulations.)
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The properties located at 180 through 300 Long Creek Road comprise approximately 28.08 acres within the larger 80.25-acre Long Creek Industrial planned development, situated south of Long Creek Road and east of SH 352. Originally approved in 2020 under PD Ordinance No. 4753 for five industrial buildings, the development was amended in 2022 by Ordinance No. 4962 to incorporate additional land from the Town of Sunnyvale and revise the concept plan to ultimately include three buildings-one in Sunnyvale and two in Mesquite. Although site plans for the Mesquite buildings were approved in 2023, none of the approved buildings were constructed.
The applicant now proposes developing the East Tract with a 202,800-square-foot data center, a use already permitted within the PD, but requests a PD amendment to adopt a new concept plan and modify certain development standards. Requested changes include replacing Industrial Building 2 with a 48 megawatt data center, allowing a 20-foot-tall precast masonry screen wall to enclose mechanical equipment, including diesel generators, and reducing required parking due to the facility's low staffing levels. The proposal is expected to have minimal impacts due to limited employees, low traffic generation, enhanced landscaping, and existing buffering from surrounding roadways, floodplain areas, and screening features, with no other development standards p...
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