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Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Making Written and Evidentiary Findings Relative to the Denial of a Request from Hemphill, LLC, to Change the Zoning on Approximately 10.7 Acres of Land occupied by Furr Elementary School from PD - Planned Development District, Ordinance No. 2001-02-024, for an elementary school and a park to PD - Planned Development District with a Base Zoning of "GC"-Government Complex District and to Allow a Telecommunications Tower, at the Southeast Corner of Bluestem Drive and Hidden Haven Drive having a Street Address of 551 South Bluestem Drive, McKinney, Texas; and Providing for an Effective Date
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong city economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential, and open space)
MEETING DATE: August 17, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
City Attorney's Office
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning
Kaitlin Sheffield, Planner II
Mark S. Houser, City Attorney
Alan D. Lathrom, Assistant City Attorney
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed Resolution making written and evidentiary findings relative to the City Council's denial of a request from Hemphill, LLC, to change the zoning on approximately 10.7 acres of land from PD - Planned Development District , Ordinance No. 2001-02-024, for an elementary school and a park to PD - Planned Development District Uses with a base zoning of "GC"-Government Complex District uses and to Allow a Telecommunications Tower.
ITEM SUMMARY: The City Council, after a public hearing and consideration of all of the evidence provided, denied a zoning change request regarding a change in zoning that would have permitted the construction and operation of a cell tower during its meeting on July 6, 2021. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires a local government, when dealing with cell towers and telecommunicatio...
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