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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., on Behalf of McKinney N. Central Business Park, L.P., for Approval of a Request to Rezone Approximately 10.26 Acres from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, Generally to Allow for Open Storage, Located on the East Side of Graves Street and Approximately 500 Feet South of Corporate Drive.
Summary
MEETING DATE: July 12, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Senior Planner
Abra R. Nusser, Planner
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for final action at the August 2, 2011 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to incompatibility with existing and potential adjacent land uses and potential safety hazards.
ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 10.26 acres of land, located on the east side of Graves Street and approximately 500 feet south of Corporate Drive from “PD” - Planned Development District to “PD” - Planned Development District, generally to allow for open storage. The subject property has an existing, large office/warehouse building with several loading bays on its north side. The applicant received approval of a previous rezoning request to allow for open storage in March of 2011 (Ordinance No. 2011-03-012).
Ordinance No. 2011-03-012 designates areas on the north side of the building that are allowed to have open storage and allowed the height of open storage of portable storage containers to be eight feet (eight feet is the height of one portable storage container) in conjunction with a living screen that was installed. The applicant is proposing to allow additional areas of open storage on the north, east, and south sides of the building and to extend the allowed height of the open storage for the portab...
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