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Item 6J (2)Thank you Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, the following is a proposal by Kimley-Horn and Associates on behalf of Brazos Electric for the approval of a site plan for an 800 square foot unmanned control center at an existing electrical substation located at 3411 TW King Road under Planning Case ZA10-014. 1 The future land use designation for this site is Mixed Use. 2 The current zoning is “NR-PUD” Non-Residential Planned Unit Development Zoning District. 3 The following slide is aerial of the site outlined in blue. 4 This is another aerial showing the approximate location of the control center. 5 This is simply a bird’s eye view of the site looking towards the north. 6 This is the Site Plan provided by the applicant. 7 This is an enlarged view of the same site plan indicating the additions to the site. There is also lighting being proposed and it has been indicated by the applicant that it will conform with the City’s lighting ordinance and only be used for emergency purposes as outlined in a letter provided by Kimley-Horn under attachment “C” of the staff report provided to the Commission. 8 This slide shows a picture of what the new structure is proposed to look like with elevations provided by the applicant. 9 There are variances associated with this request, the first being a Variance to the Bufferyards Section 42.5 of the zoning ordinance for waiving the requirement of plant materials within the bufferyard. Currently the site has no vegetation within the bufferyard. A Variance to the Screening and Fencing Section 39.2 of the Zoning Ordinance for the requirement that no chain link fencing shall be permitted in this zoning district in addition to solid fencing on the north and east boundaries which is not permitted when adjacent to residential property. Currently, the site has a perimeter chain-link fence. A Variance to the Interior Landscape Area Section 3.3 of the Landscape Ordinance for the requirement of installing a minimum of 30% interior landscape cover. As mentioned earlier, there is no existing vegetation in the bufferyards or anywhere within the site. Finally, there is a Variance to the Masonry Ordinance under Section 1 for exterior masonry requirements requiring the applicant to construct any structure on site of masonry materials. The other existing structure is not made of masonry materials and therefore the applicant is requesting to build with the same materials to match existing. 10 11 This concludes staff’s presentation, there are representatives from Kimley-Horn and Brazos Electric to answer any questions the Commission may have. 12