File #: 13-179SP2    Name: Gateway Hotel and Event Center
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 10/1/2013 Final action: 10/1/2013
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., on Behalf of McKinney Community Development Corporation, for Approval of a Site Plan for the Gateway Hotel and Event Center, Being Fewer than 7 Acres, Located on the Northeast Corner of U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway) and Spur 399
Attachments: 1. PZ Minutes 092413, 2. PZ Staff Report, 3. Standard Conditions Checklist, 4. Location Map and Aerial Exhibit, 5. Letter of Intent, 6. Existing PD Ordinance 2007-12-135, 7. Non-Industrial District Calc. Sheet, 8. Proposed Site Plan, 9. Proposed Landscape Plan, 10. Proposed Elevations, 11. PowerPoint Presentation
Related files: 13-179SP
Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., on Behalf of McKinney Community Development Corporation, for Approval of a Site Plan for the Gateway Hotel and Event Center, Being Fewer than 7 Acres, Located on the Northeast Corner of U.S. Highway 75 (Central Expressway) and Spur 399
 
Summary
 
MEETING DATE:      October 1, 2013
 
DEPARTMENT:       Planning
 
CONTACT:        Michael Quint, Director of Planning
      Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
 
 
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:      
·      Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan and elevations with the following condition:
 
1.      The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.
 
ITEM SUMMARY:  
·      The applicant is proposing to construct a 186 room hotel with an approximately 20,000 square foot event center (Gateway Hotel and Event Center) on approximately 6.53 acres, located on the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Spur 399. As a part of the site plan approval process, the applicant has also provided elevations subject to the review and final approval of the City Council.
 
·      The property was rezoned in December of 2007 (see attached ordinance) which included a site layout providing the general location of the hotel and conference center, a modified site plan and architectural approval process, and other development standards that the proposed site plan is found to be in conformance with.
 
·      Subsequent to the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on September 24, 2013, the applicant submitted revised renderings of the hotel and event center with both a day time and night time perspective (included in the packet for reference).
 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:  
·      See attached Planning and Zoning Commission Report
 
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:  
·      N/A
 
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
·      At the September 24, 2013 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0-1 to recommend approval of the site plan and elevations as recommended by Staff. Commission Member Kochalka stepped down during the consideration of this item.