City Council members approved a request for a specific-use permit and an alternative compliance standard for a proposed mini-warehouse/self-storage facility during a Jan. 17 meeting. The proposed project site, located on the northwest corner of Frisco Street and Research road is zoned commercial-1, according to a staff report.
Commercial-1 zoning only allows a self-storage building to top out at two stories and 40 feet unless the applicant is granted a specific-use permit.
The proposed project features five buildings, including a three-story self-storage building and four garage buildings. The project will include about 126,100 square feet of space between all five buildings, according to the staff report. Garages of America provides storage garages for luxury cars. It has a number of locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area including a location in Frisco at 6767 All Stars Ave.
Council members also approved the development agreement signed by the property owner and placed on the Jan. 17 meeting agenda.
Frisco’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted on a specific-use permit for this project during a Dec. 13 meeting. The commission recommended approval of the permit with a 5-1 vote, according to the staff report.
Commissioner Steve Cone provided the dissenting vote, because he “does not believe that Frisco should allow self-storage units in nonindustrial zoning and that close to the toll road,” the staff report states.
The project is surrounded by industrial zoning, commercial zoning and agricultural zoning, Development Director John Lettelleir said during the council meeting. The city has worked with a number of developers trying to develop retail along Frisco street but without success, he said.
A lot of uses found along Frisco Street are destination-based, such as a self-storage facility since the street is not a major thoroughfare, Lettelleir said.
Mayor Jeff Cheney requested clarification on what the developers will be able to build on the property. Any development already permitted in commercial-1 zoning would be permitted, but the specific-use permit only applies to the proposed self-storage building, Lettelleir said.
