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<br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Truck stop is an establishment where trucks may be parked overnight and truckers are provided <br />with all the facilities and amenities related to trucking operations. These facilities have at least <br />10-12 diesel dispensers with a canopy height of at least 20'. Other provisions require truck stops <br />to be located along major truck routes to have easy access to major highways. Convenience store <br />or service station is a facility which sells a limited variety of food, other grocery items, snacks, <br />gasoline along with diesel, automotive accessories and other convenience items, <br /> <br />Per section 106-521, Table A, Industrial Uses, there are variety of activities related to trucking <br />operations or requiring large trucks for business. purposes but truck stops are not mentioned, As <br />mentioned earlier, truck stop development requires a Special Conditional Use Permit (SCUP) <br />from the City, <br /> <br />Given the economic challenges to development posed by in-fill lots and to increase sales tax <br />from commercial retail establishments, staff suggested that truck stops should be permitted in the <br />Business Industrial (BI) zoning districts along major truck routes, To further protect residential <br />areas, staff recommended only Barbour's Cut Boulevard and State Highway 146 North, In <br />addition, truck stops would adhere to the minimum setbacks established for this zone with heavy <br />landscaping, screening, and no overnight facilities allowed on the premises if adjacent to <br />residential districts, <br /> <br />Planning and Zoning Commission held a public' hearing, during a regular meeting on April 21, <br />2005, to consider the above amendments. After a careful consideration forwarded their official <br />position for action by Council to deny the recommended changes to Chapter 106 (Zoning), The <br />Commission wished to express that it is very concerned about protecting the residential areas <br />such as south of Barbour's Cut Boulevard and preserve the quality of life issues by examining <br />issues like air pollution, excessive noise, light, and devaluation of residential property, <br /> <br />This item requires a public hearing and a super majority (7 votes) of the governing body to <br />approve an ordinance change recommendedfor denial by P&z. <br /> <br />Action Reauired bv Council: <br /> <br />1. Conduct a Public Hearing <br /> <br />2, Approve or deny an ordinance amending Chapter 106 (Zoning) to amend, change or <br />modify conditions to allow truck stops in a Business Industrial (BI) zone. <br /> <br />ADDroved for City Council Ae:enda <br /> <br /> <br />, sj; tI lIP d.: <br />Date. ( <br />