File #: 12-223M2    Name: MF Res, Assisted Living, Independent Living
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
In control: Joint Meeting
On agenda: 2/25/2013 Final action: 2/25/2013
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by the City of McKinney, to Amend Section 146-46 (Definitions), Section 146-130 (Vehicle Parking), Section 146-139 (Architectural and Site Standards), and Appendix F, Section F-4 (Schedule of Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance as these Sections Pertain to Multi-Family Residential Uses, Senior Multi-Family Residential Uses, Independent Uses, and Assisted Living Uses, and Accompanying Ordinance
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item Summary, 2. PZ Meeting Minutes, 3. Revised PZ Staff Report, 4. Proposed 146-46 Changes, 5. Proposed 146-130 Changes, 6. Proposed 146-130 Changes_Per RF, 7. Proposed 146-139 Changes, 8. Proposed F-4 Changes, 9. MFRes Arch Stds Checklist, 10. Proposed Ord for Adoption w/Town Center, 11. Proposed Ord for Adoption w/Town Center and RF, 12. PowerPoint Presentation
Related files: 12-223M, 12-1056
Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by the City of McKinney, to Amend Section 146-46 (Definitions), Section 146-130 (Vehicle Parking), Section 146-139 (Architectural and Site Standards), and Appendix F, Section F-4 (Schedule of Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance as these Sections Pertain to Multi-Family Residential Uses, Senior Multi-Family Residential Uses, Independent Uses, and Assisted Living Uses, and Accompanying Ordinance

Summary
MEETING DATE: February 25, 2013

DEPARTMENT: Planning

CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning

RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ACTION:

· Staff recommends the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council consider, discuss, and act on the proposed amendments to Section 146-46 (Definitions), Section 146-130 (Vehicle Parking), Section 146-139 (Architectural and Site Standards), and Appendix F, Section F-4 (Schedule of Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance as these sections pertain to multi-family residential uses, senior multi-family residential uses, independent uses, and assisted living uses.

ITEM SUMMARY:

· In August of 2009, Council Member Day and members of the City Council directed Staff to draft recommendations regarding how to ensure that the future multi-family residential developments were developed to a higher quality and were appropriately buffered from adjacent single family residential uses.

· Subsequent to this discussion, Staff researched, drafted, and discussed a number of options and possible amendments with the City Council over a span of several months. These meetings and discussions culminated with the adoption of Ordinance number 2010-05-011, which created a series of regulations that were intended to ensure that high quality multi-family residential developments were constructed in the future. These regulations that were adopted in May of 2010 are still currently in place.

· On May 15, 2012, Council Member Day and Mayor Pro-Tem Ussery indica...

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