title
Consideration of Five Alternative Standards Related to Parking, Landscaping, Pedestrian Circulation, Architecture, and Screening Standards of the IH-35E Corridor Overlay District; on a 1.05-Acre Tract of Land out of the J. Sutton Survey, Abstract Number 1155 and the E. Pickett Survey, Abstract Number 1014; Located on the North Corner of the IH-35E Frontage Road and Fox Avenue, as Requested by Emily Zoellner, P.E. of Manhard Consulting, on Behalf of Runtime Centers 1 LLC, the Property Owner. (Case No. 24-09-14-AltStd)
request
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS:
Runtime Centers, a business that specializes in quick-serve restaurants with a focus on food delivery, is proposed on the subject site. The following five alternative standards are requested to allow the proposed development of the site: a) to allow 24 parking spaces in lieu of the required 42; b) to reduce the landscape buffer from 20 feet to 5 feet along the IH-35E frontage road; c) to waive the secondary walkway requirement, d) to allow live screening in lieu of the required 8-foot masonry screening wall on the northern property boundary; and e) to reduce the glass building material requirement along the IH-35E frontage road from 40% to 0%. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval (4-1) of the alternative standards on February 18, 2025. Due to revisions in the building elevations, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the item again on March 4, 2025 and recommended unanimous approval (7-0) for the architecture alternative standard.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve the five alternative standards as set forth in the caption above.
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS:
Richard E. Luedke, AICP, Planning Director