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Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Hickman Consulting Engineers, Inc., on Behalf of 1331 Country Club Road, L.L.C., for Approval of a Preliminary-Final Plat for 11 Single Family Residential Lots and Two Common Areas (Three Oaks), Being Fewer than 17 Acres, Located Approximately 390 Feet East of Circle in the Woods and on the North Side of Country Club Road (F.M. 1378)
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 2, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Staff recommends denial of the proposed preliminary-final plat (and associated variances) due to lack of conformance with the Subdivision Ordinance and Street Design Manual.
The following variances have been requested by the applicant:
1. Approval of a variance to Section 142-105 (Improvements) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to construct sidewalks within and adjacent to the property.
2. Approval of a variance to Section 142-105 (Improvements) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to construct sanitary sewer lines to the subject property.
3. Approval of a variance to Section 142-105 (Improvements) of the Subdivision Ordinance allowing the use of individual septic systems.
4. Approval of a variance to Section 142-9(22) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement that lots utilizing individual septic systems be at least 1.5 acres in size.
5. Approval of a variance to Section 142-105 (Improvements) of the Subdivision Ordinance prohibiting lot to lot drainage.
6. Approval of a variance to the Street Design Manual and 2012 International Fire Code waiving the requirement that dead-end streets be limited to 600 feet in length.
7. Approval of a variance to the Street Design Manual waiving the requirement to provide a minimum 250-foot centerline radius.
8. Approval of a variance to Section 142-106 (Screening and buffering of certain residential lots adjacent to streets) of the Subdivision Ordinance waiving the requirement to provide a common area where residential lots back or side to a public right-of-way.
9. Approval of a variance to Section 142-106 (Screening and buffering of certain residential lots adjacent to streets) of the Subdivision Ordinance allowing the required screening wall to be five (5) feet in height.
However, if the proposed preliminary-final plat is approved with the variances requested by the applicant, the following conditions of approval should also apply:
1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Preliminary-Final Plat/Replat Approval Checklist, attached.
Prior to filing the plat for record:
2. The applicant provide water service to the subject property of sufficient size to furnish fire protection to all lots, subject to the review and approval of the City Engineer.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 16.48 acres into 11 lots and 2 common areas for single family detached residential use within the City of McKinney's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). Because the subject property in located within McKinney's ETJ, the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance do not apply to the subject property but the regulations of the Subdivision Ordinance do apply.
· Under State Law, before a property can be subdivided in the City of McKinney ETJ, it must be platted and filed for record with the Collin County Clerk, in accordance with the City of McKinney's subdivision regulations. Typically, preliminary-final plats are considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission. This preliminary-final plat has bypassed the Planning and Zoning Commission and is being considered by the City Council instead because the applicant has requested several variances to requirements of the Subdivision Ordinance. Per the Subdivision Ordinance, only the City Council can grant a variance.
· It should also be noted that the City of McKinney is currently working with the Town of Fairview on a boundary agreement that considers moving the subject property from the City of McKinney's jurisdiction to the Town of Fairview.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
· Please see attached City Council Staff report.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
· N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
· N/A