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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request for Approval to Rezone Fewer than 13 Acres 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 Allow for Single Family Detached Residential Uses and Modify the Development Standards, Located on the South Side of McKinney Ranch Parkway and East Side of Ridge Road
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 23, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the October 21, 2014 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to lack of conformance with the Comprehensive Plan and the inability to ensure a level of exceptional quality or innovation for the design or development of the subject property as required by Section 146-94 ("PD" - Planned Development District) of the Zoning Ordinance.
However, if the rezoning request is to be approved, the following special ordinance provisions shall be applicable:
1. The use and development of the subject property shall develop in accordance with the "SF5" - Single Family Residential District, and as amended, except as follows:
a. The maximum density shall be 4.7 dwelling units per acre (maximum of 60 single family detached residential lots).
b. The minimum mean and median lot size shall be 5,500 square feet.
c. The use and development of the subject property shall not be subject to Appendix B-2 (Regional Employment Center - Overlay Urban Design Standards) of the Zoning Ordinance.
Staff's professional opinion is that the proposed rezoning request should be denied due to the absence of a special ordinance provisi...
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