Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Zone the Subject Property to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally for Single Family Residential and Commercial Uses, Located on the East Side of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and on the South Side of County Road 278
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 24, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the April 7, 2015 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed zoning request with the following special ordinance provisions:
1. The subject property shall develop in accordance with the "PD" - Planned Development District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. The subject property shall develop in accordance with the attached General Development Plan Exhibit and Site Plan Exhibit.
b. Tracts designated as "Retail" on the attached exhibits shall develop in accordance with Section 146-84 ("BN" - Neighborhood Business District) of the Zoning Ordinance, and as amended.
c. Single family residential uses shall develop in accordance with the attached Site Plan Exhibit and Single Family Residential Architectural Design Requirements Exhibit.
d. No more than 204 single family lots shall be permitted north of the future east/west arterial roadway and no more than 655 single family lots shall be permitted south of the future east/west arterial roadway, further depicted on the attached Site Plan Exhibit.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: January 26, 2015 (Original Application)
February 10, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to zone approximately 306.59 acres of land, generally for single family detached residential, neighborhood commercial, school, park, and open space uses. More specifically, the retail portion of the subject property shall develop in accordance with "BN" - Neighborhood Business District, while the single family detached residential portion of the subject property shall develop according to the lot sizes and space limits outlined on the attached Site Plan exhibit with additional architectural requirements. Please note that all of the requested development standards are in strict conformance with an associated pre-annexation agreement (see attached) executed in April of 2013.
The request for zoning will be forwarded to City Council for final consideration at the April 7, 2015 meeting along with the 3rd and final public hearing for the associated annexation case (15-028A3).
On March 10, 2015, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0-0 to continue the public hearing and table this item to the March 24, 2015 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting due to public hearing notification signs not being posted on the subject property in the timeframe required by the Zoning Ordinance. One resident spoke in opposition to the zoning request, with concerns regarding increased traffic along State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) (see attached minutes).