Title
Consider and Discuss a Draft Highway Corridor Building Height Policy (10 Minutes) (Jennifer Cox and Michael Quint)
Summary
MEETING DATE: September 7, 2010
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning
CONTACT: Jennifer Cox, AICP, Director of Planning
Michael Quint, Senior Planner
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Staff recommends the City Council consider and discuss a resolution establishing the proposed highway corridor height policy.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· Four corridors have been created along the Sam Rayburn Tollway, University Drive, and Central Expressway. Central Expressway was divided into two corridors to address existing development conditions.
· The Sam Rayburn Tollway Corridor shall generally extend 1,000 feet north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway right-of-way and extend from the Custer Road right-of-way past the Central Expressway right-of-way to the Medical Center Drive right-of-way. The Sam Rayburn Tollway Corridor, as proposed, states that buildings with no maximum height should be supported by Staff. However, no building height over 3 stories within 300 feet of a property zoned or used for single family residential uses should be supported by Staff unless the development proposal or site circumstances warrant support. Also, modifications in the architectural and site standards for taller buildings in this corridor should also be supported by Staff. The supported modifications may include, but not be limited to a reduced percentage of required masonry finishing materials on stories higher than 3 and the addition of new, previously prohibited, exterior finishing materials including, but not limited to glass curtain wall systems and architectural metal materials.
· The Central Expressway South Corridor shall generally extend 500 feet east and 500 feet west of the Central Expressway right-of-way and extend from 1,000 feet north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway right-of-way to the southern limits of the White Avenue right-of-way. The Central...
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