Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District, "AG" - Agricultural District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District to ""PD" - Planned Development District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District, Generally to Allow for Single Family Detached and Attached Residential Uses, Located Approximately 800 Feet East of Alma Road and on the North Side of Collin McKinney Parkway
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: June 9, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Aaron Bloxham, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the July 21, 2015 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning request with the following special ordinance provisions:
1. Tract 1 of the subject property, as shown on the attached Land Use Plan, shall develop in accordance with the Single Family Detached, Standard Lot requirements of the REC Neighborhood Zone as specified in the "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. There shall be no maximum lot width.
b. Single family detached dwelling units shall be constructed in accordance with the attached Architectural Standards.
2. Tract 2 of the subject property, as shown on the attached Land Use Plan, shall develop in accordance with the Single Family Detached, Standard Lot requirements of the REC Neighborhood Zone as specified in the "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District or Section 146-108 "TH" Townhome Residential District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. There shall be no maximum lot width.
b. Single family detached dwelling units shall be constructed in accordance with the attached Architectural Standards.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: March 30, 2015 (Original Application)
April 22, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
April 28, 2015 (Revised Submittal)
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 43.92 acres of land, from "PD" - Planned Development District, "AG" - Agricultural District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District, generally for mixed-use, townhome, multi-family residential and agricultural uses to "PD" - Planned Development District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District generally to allow for single family detached and attached residential uses.
The applicant is proposing to split the subject property into two tracts, both of which allow the development of single family detached residential uses with the option to develop single family attached residential (townhome) uses on Tract 2, as shown on the proposed Land Use Plan. The applicant is requesting that there shall be no max lot width and is proposing architectural standards, which is discussed further detail below.
At the May 12, 2015 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the commission voted to close the public hearing and to table the item indefinitely per the applicants request.