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Lowering Crime Fixing Streets wering Crime i ing Str ets L n ng g Le e ad r d ri i i im m ng R g g S S i St t Ri c tr r h re e ree e a et t r ts s ar d rd son Leading Richardson by Listening to Richardson! Council OKs drone operations centers With drones as an emerging technology in North Texas, Richardson City Council approved an ordinance update to allow operations and maintenance centers in the Collins/Arapaho Innovation District during its Feb. 25 meeting. The overview The district runs from Arapaho Road north to Campbell Road, near the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Arapaho Station; however the ordinance would only cover one sub-district within the area. City Manager Don Magner said there was no specific case council was considering, but because drone operations aren’t currently listed as a use in the code. The new ordinance only allows drone delivery centers by special permit.
Council OKs research, development center Lennox International is set to build a research and development center in Richardson after council approved a zoning request during the Feb. 17 meeting. The research facility, called the Lennox Innova- tion Center, will function similarly to the facility the company currently operates in Carrollton. Lennox CEO Alok Maskara said the company has outgrown the Carrollton facility, adding that it will be a showcase for the company and bring additional jobs to the area. “We want to put our innovation center here because we want to bring our customers here,” Maskara said. “We want everyone to see our history here.” The details The innovation center, located on the Lennox property at 2140 Lake Park Blvd., will be about
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45,500 square feet, Senior Planner Derica Peters said. The Envision Richardson comprehensive plan designates the area as innovation/industry and a research and development is an approved use type, Peters said; however, the original ordinance, which was passed in the 1990s, did not include research and development and requires a special permit from City Council. The front portion of the new building will be two stories, but the remaining portion of the building will be single story and house a testing chamber, Peters said. The facility will operate, develop and test new systems for commercial air conditioning units, which will require weekly deliveries.
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