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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on the Request by Spiars Engineering, Inc., on Behalf of Ysis Partners, L.P., for Approval of a Request to Rezone Fewer than 17 Acres from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, Generally to Modify the Development Standards, Located on the South Side of Bloomdale Road and on the West Side of Lake Forest Drive, and Accompanying Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: August 4, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Michael Quint, Director of Planning
Brandon Opiela, Planning Manager
Samantha Pickett, Planner II
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning request due to lack of conformance with the City of McKinney's Comprehensive Plan.
However, should the rezoning request be approved, the applicant is requesting the following special ordinance provision:
1. The use and development of the subject property shall develop in accordance with the attached development regulations.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 16.07 acres of land, located on the south side of Bloomdale Road and the west side of F.M. 1461 (Future Lake Forest Drive) from "PD" - Planned Development District to "PD" - Planned Development District, generally to allow for single family detached residential uses and to modify the associated development standards. The subject property is currently part of a larger tract (approximately 20-acres) designated for retail uses. The applicant has left the balance of land designated for retail uses (approximately 4 acres) at the southwest corner of Bloomdale Road and Lake Forest Drive.
* In March of 2014, the applicant submitted a rezoning request for the subject property, also for single family residential uses. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denial of the request and, as such, the applicant chose to withdraw the request prior to ...
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