File #: 20-0028SP    Name: Melissa ISD Screening Variance
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
In control: Planning & Zoning Commission
On agenda: 6/23/2020 Final action: 6/23/2020
Title: Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Variance to a Site Plan for Melissa ISD (Willow Wood Elementary School) Located Approximately 1,300 Feet West of Fannin Road (County Road 338) and on the South Side of County Road 278.
Attachments: 1. Standard Conditions Checklist, 2. Location Map and Aerial Exhibit, 3. Letter of Intent, 4. Ex. PD Ord. No. 2015-04-024, 5. Proposed Site Plan, 6. Proposed Landscape Plan, 7. Sight Line Exhibit, 8. Presentation
Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Variance to a Site Plan for Melissa ISD (Willow Wood Elementary School) Located Approximately 1,300 Feet West of Fannin Road (County Road 338) and on the South Side of County Road 278.

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: June 23, 2020

DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department

CONTACT: Joe Moss, Planner I
Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Director of Planning

APPROVAL PROCESS: The action of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the proposed site plan may be appealed to the City Council

STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed site plan with the following condition:

1. The applicant satisfies the conditions as shown on the Standard Conditions for Site Plan Approval Checklist, attached.

2. The applicant receive approval of a variance to Section 146-132(3)(j)(1.) - (Fences, Walls, and Screening Requirements) of the Zoning Ordinance to waive the requirement to provide a screening device that extends one foot taller than rooftop mounted HVAC equipment.

APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DATE: March 31, 2020 (Original Application)
April 29, 2020 (Revised Submittal)
May 28, 2020 (Revised Submittal)
June 9, 2020 (Revised Submittal)

ITEM SUMMARY: The applicant proposes to construct a 77,569 square foot elementary school on 11.815 acres located on the south side of County Road 278 and approximately 1,300 feet east of Fannin Road (County Road 338).

PLATTING STATUS: The subject property is currently unplatted. A record plat of the subject property must be approved prior to the commencement of any development activity on the subject property.


EXISTING ZONING:

Location
Zoning District (Permitted Land Uses)
Existing Land Use
Subject Property
"PD"- Planned Development District 2015-04-024 (Educational...

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