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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on an Amendment to Chapter 150, entitled "Unified Development Code," of the Code of Ordinances, City of McKinney, Texas, to make Certain Substantive Changes to Article 2 (Zoning Regulations) and specifically to Section 205 (Use Regulations) and to Section 206 (Development Standards)
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1C: Provide a strong economy by facilitating a balance between industrial, commercial, residential and open space)
MEETING DATE: April 22, 2025
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Kaitlin Sheffield, CNU-A, Chief Planner
Cameron Christie, CNU-A, Planner I
Caitlyn Strickland, AICP, Planning Manager
Hayley Angel, AICP, Interim Director of Planning
APPROVAL PROCESS: The recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at the May 6, 2025 meeting.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendments.
ITEM SUMMARY: The purpose of these amendments is to introduce the ability to request a design exception regarding residential adjacency buffers for parking areas. Additionally, criteria are being added to the "restaurant, drive-in or drive-through" use that introduces a residential adjacency buffer in the zoning districts where the use is currently permitted by right, in compliance with use-specific criteria.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
* Staff proposes modifications to "Section 205. Zoning Use Regulations" to add use-specific criteria to "restaurant, drive-in or drive-through" for zones where the use is currently permitted by right when in compliance with use-specific criteria.
* The proposed use-specific criteria includes a minimum distance of 200-feet between the building and/or speaker box(es) and single-family residential uses or zones. This may be reduced to 150 feet if the restaurant is separated from the relevant use or zone by a public right-of-way or by...
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