Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from "PD" - Planned Development District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District to "PD" - Planned Development District and "REC" - Regional Employment Center Overlay District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the Northeast Corner of Weiskopf Avenue and Van Tuyl Parkway
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: February 23, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Matt Robinson, AICP, 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 March 15, 2016 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed rezoning request with the following special ordinance provisions:
To modify "PD" - Planned Development District Ordinance No. 2014-11-087 Exhibit D as follows:
1. Section 2d. Overarching Design Guidelines subsections 4, 5, and 6 to:
a. "4. Blank walls that exceed 20 horizontal feet in length without a window or architectural opening and are oriented toward a public or private right-of-way shall be prohibited, except for upper floors of a structured parking facility which upper floors must contain at least two (2) of the following architectural features:
a. columns that create articulation,
b. cornice treatments on the horizontal elements of the parking facility,
c. screening materials and/or configurations acceptable to the Director of Planning,
d. exterior architectural materials matching those incorporated into the balance of the building, or
e. other features approved by the Planning Director.
5. The first floor of buildings facing Collin McKinney Parkway shall conform to the design requirements in Subsection v. of Section 4.a. hereafter.
6. The architectural treatment and design of a building's front fa?ade sha...
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