Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request by the City of McKinney to Make Amendments to the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan, Including Minor Updates to the Future Land Use Plan, Land Use Diagrams, Placetype Definitions, Criteria for Specific Uses and Locations, Master Thoroughfare Plan, and Illustrative Cross-Sections
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance Available Resources to Accommodate the Growth and Maintenance Needs of the City)
MEETING DATE: September 22, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Aaron Bloxham, Planning Manager
Mitchell Corona, CNU-A, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council on October 20, 2020.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of this item.
ITEM SUMMARY: Staff is proposing a series of minor amendments to the ONE McKinney 2040 Comprehensive Plan in order to update and clarify a variety of elements of the plan.
As required by Chapter 9 (Implementation) of the Plan, staff has conducted a periodic review to consider Plan amendments or refinements based on experiences implementing the plan and external changes in the economy, demographics, technology, or other factors.
In particular, the proposed amendments focus on updating and clarifying Placetype definitions, refining key areas of the land use diagram, and improving the decision making criteria for specific uses, updating the Master Thoroughfare Plan and illustrative cross-sections for recently completed roadways, alignment studies, and design standard changes, and addressing other minor and non-substantive errors and typos.
The primary focus of these amendments is to make organizational modifications, clarifying changes, and fix typographical/grammar errors. In the coming year, the City of McKinney will continue to review and monitor the progress of the Comprehensive Plan, including progress on the...
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