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Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Correction Ordinance to Amend Chapter 146 (Zoning Regulations), Appendix B-2 (Regional Employment Center - Overlay Urban Design Standards) of the Code of Ordinances, and Accompanying Ordinance
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COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2E: Continuously provide a high level of customer service to our citizens)
MEETING DATE: October 2, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, AICP, Interim Director of Planning
Samantha Pickett, AICP, Planning Manager
CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance.
ITEM SUMMARY: Staff is proposing to amend Section 146, Appendix B-2 (Regional Employment Center - Overlay Urban Design Standards) to modify the use table to require a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Utility Substations or Regulating Stations in all Regional Employment Center (REC) zoning districts to properly include the Appendix B-2 Schedule of Uses in the previously adopted ordinance amendment (Ordinance No. 2016-09-075).
In September of 2016, City Council approved amendments to Appendix F-4 (Schedule of Uses) and Appendix G-2 (MTC - McKinney Town Center District) to require a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Utility Substations or Regulating Stations. As part of this action, Appendix B-2 was inadvertently omitted; the amendment currently under consideration makes the same change to the Schedule of Uses within the REC Overlay District for consistency.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Within the last few years, the City has been approached by several utility companies regarding the possibility of having another power substation along State Highway 121 (Sam Rayburn Tollway), one of McKinney's prime commercial development corridors. Given that utility substations are currently permitted within the REC Overlay District Schedule of Uses, if any of these companies moves forwar...
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