Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by the City of McKinney to Amend the Comprehensive Plan, Including Amendments to the Transportation Element Section (Section 8) to Include References to the On-Street Bicycle Transportation Master Plan, Minor Amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan, and Corresponding Amendments to the Future Land Use Plan and Future Land Use Module Diagram
Summary
MEETING DATE: 6/25/2013
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Arrie Mitchell, Planner II
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council on July 16, 2013.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this item.
ITEM SUMMARY: As stated in the Implementation Section of the Comprehensive Plan, periodic refinements are necessary to keep the Comprehensive Plan up-to-date and calibrated to community changes. The current Comprehensive Plan underwent a major update in 2003-2004 and has also undergone several amendments since that time.
Staff is proposing minor amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan to reflect actual alignments of recently constructed roads, completed engineering and design projects and recently approved development agreements. Staff is also presenting minor text amendments to refine outdated text to reflect current conditions and integrate recently completed engineering/planning studies.
PROPOSED MINOR AMENDMENTS:
The Master Thoroughfare Plan illustrates the roadway alignments of built thoroughfares and conceptual alignments of future or planned thoroughfares. At the time that a thoroughfare is built or engineered, it becomes necessary to update the Master Thoroughfare Plan to reflect the engineered or built alignment of the thoroughfare.
The following are proposed updates to the Master Thoroughfare Plan resulting from recently engineered projects/plans and/or roadway construction. All proposed ame...
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