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Consideration of a motion to reconsider City Council action taken on March 16, 2026, denying 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.
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The City Council is requested to consider a motion to reconsider City Council action taken on March 16, 2026, to deny Application No. Z0126-0434.
Per Section 6.6 of the Mesquite City Council Rules of Procedure, a motion to reconsider is permitted to consider added information or a changed situation that has been discovered or developed since the taking of the vote. The motion to reconsider may only be made by a Councilmember who originally voted on the prevailing side on the item. In this case, the motion to deny was approved by Councilmember Smith, Hubacek, Murden and Rodriguez-Ross. Any motion for reconsideration can only be made by one of the four who voted to deny. If the motion to reconsider is successful for a rezoning application, actual reconsideration of the item may not occur until new notices have been issued to reopen the public hearing on the zoning application and the item is placed on a future Council agenda.
The applicant previously requested an amendment to Planned Development (PD) - Industrial, Ordinance No. 4962, to modify the development standards and concept plan in the PD for the East Tract at 180, 200, 270, and 300 Long Creek Road to allow development of a Data Center and associated improvements. The applicant proposed developing the East Tract with a 202,800-square-foot data center-a use already permitted within the PD-but requested a PD amendment to adopt a new concept plan and modify certain development standards. Requested changes included replacing Industrial Building 2 with a 48-megawatt data center, allowing a 20-foot-tall precas...
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