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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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