Title
Consider and Provide Direction Regarding the Potential for Temporarily Allowing Gravel Parking Lots in Historic Downtown McKinney
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: April 3, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Executive Director of Development Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Provide direction regarding temporary gravel parking lots downtown.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• Staff is seeking direction from the City Council regarding the possibility of temporarily suspending development regulations within a defined geographic area downtown to allow for the construction of gravel parking lots on private property.
• Recently, Staff has been approached by downtown property owners requesting that gravel parking lots be permitted to ease demand for public parking downtown.
• McKinney’s current development regulations prohibit the construction of gravel parking lots. A summary of the design requirements that would typically apply to a permanent parking lot are attached for reference purposes.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Shortages in public parking downtown has been a topic of conversation for many years. These discussions have intensified recently with the introduction of structured parking garage concepts and the recent ground breaking of the mixed-use development on the “9-Acre” site located on the southeast corner of Davis St. and Tennessee St.