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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by RLK Engineering, Inc., on Behalf of McKinney Independent School District, for Approval of a Site Plan for Faubion Middle School Expansion and Parking Lots, Approximately 35.98 Acres, Located on the Northwest Corner of Rollins Street and Duvall Street.
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 27, 2012
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Senior Planner
APPROVAL PROCESS: The Planning and Zoning Commission is the final approval authority for the proposed site plan.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan with the following conditions:
1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.
2. The applicant receive approval of a variance to reduce the required 20 foot wide landscape buffer along the south side of Rollins Street to 10 feet in width.
3. The applicant receive approval of an 6 foot tall living plant screen consisting of evergreen shrubs along the southern property line of the southern tract.
Prior to issuance of a building permit:
4. The applicant revise the site and landscape plans to reflect the correct number of parking spaces that are being provided (northern tract = 226; southern tract = 134; total = 360).
5. The applicant revise the site plan so that the proposed fire lane easements extend to the adjacent curbs rather than stopping short of the curbs.
Prior to utilizing the parking lot on the southern tract of the subject property to satisfy the minimum parking requirements for the school on the northern tract:
6. The applicant shall record an off-site parking easement on the southern tract of the subject property.
7. The applicant execute a long-term parking agreement.
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct a series of building expansions to the existing MISD Faubion Middle School and a new parking lot.
The subject property consists of two tracts of land that are divided by Rollins Street. Throughout this staff report, the “northern tract” and the “southern tract” will be referenced. The northern tract (north of Rollins Street) is home to the existing Faubion Middle School (124,320 square feet) and the proposed building expansions (49,510 square feet) while the southern tract (south of Rollin Street) will be home to a proposed parking lot. The parking lot that is being proposed on the southern tract will be utilized as excess parking for Faubion Middle School located directly to the north.