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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Bob Tomes Ford, on Behalf of McKinney Lone Star Enterprises, L.P., for Approval of a Request to Rezone Fewer than 6 Acres from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Southeast Corner of Park View Avenue and North Brook Drive
Summary
MEETING DATE: December 10, 2013
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Gleinser, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the January 7, 2013 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to lack of compatibility with the adjacent land uses.
However, should the proposed rezoning request be approved, the following special ordinance provisions shall apply:
1. Use and development of the subject property shall develop in accordance with "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 99-04-038, and as amended, except as follows:
a. The development of the subject property shall generally conform to the attached site layout.
b. A 20' landscape buffer shall be required along Park View Avenue.
c. A 6' tall masonry screening wall shall be constructed along Park View Avenue to screen the storage of vehicles, as shown on the attached site layout.
d. A 6' tall wrought iron fence with sufficient evergreen landscaping to create a screening effect, shall be constructed along the eastern property line, as shown on the attached site layout.
e. Evergreen screening shrubs (from the Approved Plant List, Appendix A of the Zoning Ordinance) shall be planted at a minimum height of 3 feet (acceptable for 6 foot screening at maturity) and spaced at 4 feet on center along Park View Avenue.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: November 11, 2013 (Original Application)
November 25, 2013 (Revised Submittal)
December 4, 2013 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 5.32 acres of land, located on the southeast corner of Park View Avenue and North Brook Drive from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, generally to reduce the required landscape buffer from 60 feet to 20 feet along Park View Avenue and to modify the screening requirements for the storage of vehicles on the property. There is currently a collision center on the northern portion of the subject property, and the applicant has indicated their intent to expand the collision center and install additional parking spaces for the storage of vehicles onto the southern portion of the lot.
The subject property was previously rezoned in 1999 in order to allow an auto paint and body shop on the property. The existing 60 foot landscape buffer along Park View Avenue was put in place as part of "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 99-04-038 specifically to mitigate any land use conflicts with surrounding properties (including single family residential and park uses) that were created by adding the auto painting and body shop use to the subject property.