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Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Pogue Engineering & Development Company, Inc., on Behalf of Mackuehn Partners, L.L.C., for Approval of a Preliminary-Final Plat for Lots 1-3, Block A, of the Mackuehn Addition, Being Fewer than 16 Acres, Located on the West Side of C.R. 202 and Approximately 1,750 Feet South of F.M. 543
Summary
MEETING DATE: June 3, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Steven Duong, Planner I
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Staff recommends denial of the proposed preliminary-final plat (and associated variances) due to a lack of conformance with the Subdivision Ordinance.
• 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 public streets including the associated street lighting and sidewalks 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 and water lines to the subject property and extend them to the adjacent property upstream.
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 the Storm Water Management Ordinance waiving the requirement to collect drainage in an underground storm water system.
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 Section 142-105 (Improvements) of the Subdivision Ordinance requiring water systems to be of a sufficient size to furnish fire protection to all lots.
• 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 Approval Checklist, attached.
Prior to filing the plat for record:
2. The applicant revise the plat to show the 100 fully developed floodplain.
3. The applicant revise the plat to show the erosion hazard setback easements.
4. The applicant revise the plat to label all property lines, rights-of-way, and easements within 200’ of the subject property.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The applicant is proposing to subdivide approximately 15.42 acres of land, located on the west side of County Road 202 and approximately 1,750 feet south of F.M. 543 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.
• The applicant has requested to subdivide the property into three lots (for single-family residential use), with proposed Lot 1 being approximately 8.35 acres, proposed Lot 2 being approximately 3.32 acres, and proposed Lot 3 being approximately 3.32 acres. Each of the proposed lots has frontage along County Road 202. The applicant has indicated the desire to not construct typically required infrastructure such as water, sanitary sewer, and roads, however the applicant has agreed to provide the easements for said infrastructure. As such, the applicant is requesting multiple variances from City Council.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Please see the attached City Council Staff Report.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A