Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Site Plan and Façade Plan Appeal for a Multi-Family Development (McKinney North), Located Approximately 700 Feet North of Wilmeth Road and on the East Side of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: March 22, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Samantha Pickett, 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 variances:
1. The applicant receive approval of a variance to allow buildings on the subject property to orient exterior facing windows towards an adjacent property zoned or used for single family residential purposes that are within 150 feet of the proposed buildings.
2. The applicant receive approval of a variance to waive the masonry screening wall required along all side and rear property lines for all property lines located on the eastern portion of the property.
The applicant has requested a facade plan appeal in order to allow the following, to which Staff has no objections:
1. The applicant receive approval of an alternate major architectural and site enhancement.
However, the applicant has also requested a façade plan appeal for the following, of which Staff recommends denial:
2. The applicant receive approval of a variance to not provide a full height facade offset that is a minimum of 5 feet deep and 10 feet wide for building elevations longer than 30 feet.
3. The applicant receive approval to not provide the minimum of four (4) minor architectural and site enhancements.
Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the following conditions must be satisfied:
1. The applicant satisfy the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.
2. The applicant revise the site plan to remove the interior walls from the building footprints.
3. The applicant revise the site plan to provide the square footage for each building, and include the square footage total in the site data table.
4. The applicant revise the site plan to show all driveways as twenty (20) feet in length.
5. The applicant show the final location of the erosion hazard setback, subject to review and approval by the City Engineer.
6. The applicant verify the existing canopy trees on the property being used to satisfy the requirement that there be at least 1 tree for every 30 linear feet along all property lines.
7. The applicant revise the landscape plan to show all required trees on the subject property.
8. The applicant revise the landscape plan to provide screening shrubs around the dumpster enclosure.
9. The applicant revise the landscape plan to provide a terminus tree at the end of every parking row.
10. The applicant revise the landscape plan to label all existing trees shown on the plan.
11. The applicant revise the site plan to relocate the dumpster on the eastern portion of the subject property outside of any easements.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: October 12, 2015 (Original Application)
November 17, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
December 7, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
January 22, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
January 26, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
February 12, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
February 19, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
March 7, 2016 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is proposing to construct a 12-building multi-family residential development located approximately 700 feet north of Wilmeth Road and on the east side of State Highway 5 (McDonald Street).
Site plans can typically be approved by Staff; however, the variance requests require that the site plan and façade plan receive approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The variance requests are detailed further below.