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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by the City of McKinney to Amend Sections 142-73 (General Development Plan) and 142-99 (Lots) of the Subdivision Regulations and Sections 146-40 (Nonconforming Uses and Nonconforming Structures), 146-44 (Access Management Plan Approval), and 146-45 (Site Plan Approval) of the Zoning Regulations
Summary
MEETING DATE: March 26, 2013
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the April 2, 2013 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendments to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances.
ITEM SUMMARY: The proposed amendments were originally considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission on September 11, 2012 before they were ultimately approved and adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council at the November 5, 2012 joint meeting (Ordinance number 2012-11-056). Since that time, Staff has received feedback from members of the City Council that the ordinance amendments adopted via Ordinance number 2012-11-056 resulted in unforeseen and possibly negative impacts to existing property rights. As such, Ordinance number 2012-11-056 is planned to be repealed by the City Council on April 2, 2013 (Case #13-029M2).
Subsequent to the repeal of Ordinance number 2012-11-056, Staff is requesting that a few amendments contained within that ordinance be re-adopted as they result in an improvement to the overall development process and minimally impact existing property rights. The amendments that Staff recommends be re-adopted address the elimination of the General Development Plan and Access Management Plan processes, grant Staff the ability to approve site plans that conform to the regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, and update the non-conforming uses and structures section of the Zoning Ord...
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