File #: 15-052SP2    Name: Chicken Express
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
In control: Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda: 6/9/2015 Final action: 6/9/2015
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Site Plan for a Retail Building and Restaurant with Drive-Through Window (Chicken Express), Located on the Southeast Corner of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and Anthony Street
Attachments: 1. PZ Minutes 05.26.pdf, 2. PZ Report, 3. Standard Conditions Checklist, 4. Location Map & Aerial, 5. Letter of Intent, 6. Proposed Site Plan, 7. Proposed Landscape Plan, 8. Proposed Chicken Express Elevations, 9. Proposed Retail Building Elevations, 10. PowerPoint Presentation
Related files: 15-052SP
Title      
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Site Plan for a Retail Building and Restaurant with Drive-Through Window (Chicken Express), Located on the Southeast Corner of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and Anthony Street
 
Summary
 
COUNCIL GOAL:       Enhance the Quality of Life in Downtown McKinney
      Direction for Strategic Growth
      
MEETING DATE:      June 9, 2015
 
DEPARTMENT:       Planning
 
CONTACT:        Matt Robinson, AICP, Planning Manager
      
APPROVAL PROCESS:  The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the proposed site plan may be appealed to the City Council.
 
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 Design Exception to allow for an additional driveway off of a Pedestrian Priority "B" Street (McDonald Street).
 
3.      The applicant receive approval of a Design Exception to not meet the minimum 50% building frontage requirement along a Pedestrian Priority "B" Street (Anthony Street) for Building B.
 
4.      The applicant receive approval of a Design Exception to not meet the 65% transparent storefront window requirement on a facade along a Pedestrian Priority "B" Street (Anthony Street) for Building B.
 
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE:      February 23, 2015 (Original Application)
                                    March 9, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
                                    May 12, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
                                    May 26, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
                                    June 3, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
 
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct a 3,511 square foot retail building and a 3,725 square foot restaurant use with drive-through window (Chicken Express) on approximately 1.18 acres at the southeast corner of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street) and Anthony Street. Site plans within the "MTC" - McKinney Town Center Zoning District can be approved administratively by Staff; however, the applicant has requested Design Exceptions to the architectural design and site layout.
 
On May 26, 2015, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0-0 to close the public hearing and table the item indefinitely per the applicant's request.