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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., on Behalf of McKinney N. Central Business Park, L.P., for Approval of a Request to Rezone Approximately 10.26 Acres from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow for Open Storage, Located on the East Side of Graves Street and Approximately 500 Feet South of Corporate Drive, and Accompanying Ordinance.
Summary
MEETING DATE: August 1, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
CONTACT: Jennifer Cox, AICP, Director of Planning
Michael Quint, Senior Planner
Abra R. Nusser, Planner
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to incompatibility with existing and potential adjacent land uses and potential safety hazards.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 10.26 acres of land, located on the east side of Graves Street and approximately 500 feet south of Corporate Drive from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, generally to allow for open storage. The subject property has an existing, large office/warehouse building with several loading bays on its north side. The applicant received approval of a previous rezoning request to allow for open storage in March of 2011 (Ordinance No. 2011-03-012).
• Ordinance No. 2011-03-012 designates areas on the north side of the building that are allowed to have open storage and allowed the height of open storage of portable storage containers to be eight feet (eight feet is the height of one portable storage container) in conjunction with a living screen that was installed. The applicant is proposing to allow additional areas of open storage on the north, east, and south sides of the building and to extend the allowed height of the open storage for the portable storage containers to be 16 feet (the height of two portable storage containers) in all proposed open storage areas as shown on the attached zoning exhibit.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• N/A
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• On July 12, 2011, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the proposed rezoning request with the modification that the north side could be double stacked to 16 feet, the east side of the property could be single stacked to eight feet, and there be no open storage of portable storage containers on the south side of the property.
• Despite the Planning and Zoning Commission’s modified recommendation, the applicant has chosen to keep the rezoning request as originally proposed.