Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District, "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District and "CC" - Corridor Commercial Overlay District to "PD" - Planned Development District, "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District and "CC" - Corridor Commercial Overlay District, Generally to Allow for Townhome Uses, Located on the Southwest Corner of McKinney Place Drive and Collin McKinney Parkway, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 3, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to the proposed development standards' inability to mandate or achieve a high quality development.
However, the applicant is requesting the following special ordinance provisions in addition to provisions recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission:
1. The subject property shall be developed in accordance with the Area and bulk regulations for Townhouse (rowhouse) dwellings of the REC Neighborhood Zone, except as follows:
a. Single family attached residential (townhome) uses shall be the only permitted use on the subject property.
b. Development of the subject property shall generally conform to attached Exhibit D - Concept Plan.
c. Screening and buffering along Collin McKinney Parkway and McKinney Place Drive shall conform to the attached Exhibit E - Landscape Plan with regard to screening wall height and material, as well as the number and size of canopy trees. In addition to the masonry wall and canopy trees shown on the exhibit, a minimum of 25% of the length of the screening walls shall provide a bed of shrubs and groundcover.
d. Garages that are accessed from the front of the lot shall be permitted (alleys shall not be required)....
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