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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA COMMUNICATION
AGENDA DATE:July 12, 2016
SUBJECT:

Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt an Ordinance Amending Portions of Planned Development No. 92 to Add "Office" Use and "Medical and Dental Office" Use for the Property Known as Lots 5-9, Block B, Starcreek Commercial; Generally Located South of Sam Rayburn Tollway and East of Watters Road. [Starcreek]

STAFF RESOURCE:

Ogden "Bo" Bass, Director of Community Development

PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:

Planned Development PD No. 92 - Approved March, 2004
Preliminary Plat - Approved November, 2004
Final Plat - Approved May, 2008
Planned Development PD No. 92 - Amended February, 2016

BOARD / COMMISSION ACTION:

On June 21, 2016, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted four (Commissioners Cocking, Trahan, Platt Jr., and Hollingsworth) in favor and zero opposed to amend portions of Planned Development PD No. 92 to add "Office" use and "Medical and Dental Office" use for the property known as Lots 5-9, Block B, Starcreek Commercial, City of Allen, Collin County, Texas; generally located south of Sam Rayburn Tollway and east of Watters Road.

ACTION PROPOSED:

Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt an Ordinance Amending Portions of Planned Development No. 92 to Add "Office" Use and "Medical and Dental Office" Use for the Property Known as Lots 5-9, Block B, Starcreek Commercial; Generally Located South of Sam Rayburn Tollway and East of Watters Road.




BACKGROUND

The property is located south of Sam Rayburn Tollway and east of Watters Road. The properties to the west, south, and east are zoned Planned Development No. 92 for Corridor Commercial. To the north (across Sam Rayburn Tollway) is the City of McKinney.

The property is currently zoned Planned Development No. 92 with a base zoning of Corridor Commercial. The zoning request is to add "office" and "medical or dental office" uses as permitted uses to an additional portion of the Starcreek Commercial development along Sam Rayburn Tollway.

The original Planned Development was established in 2004 with the intent to emphasize entertainment, commercial and retail uses. In February 2016, a request to add "office" and "medical or dental office" uses as permitted uses was approved by City Council along the interior of the development on the east and west sides of Watters Road and north of Ridgeview Drive. This request is to expand said uses along Sam Rayburn Tollway (on Lots 5-9, Block B, Starcreek Commercial). Staff supports the request in order to be flexible with market trends and to address changing development demands. Adding "office" and "medical or dental office" uses will further promote daytime traffic to support the existing and future entertainment, commercial, and retail uses in this area. 

The request has been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee.

On June 21, 2016, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the request. An additional condition was also added at the meeting for the building materials and architectural style to be compatible and largely similar to the materials and architectural styling of the existing buildings within the site.

LEGAL NOTICES:

Property Owner Notices - Mailed June 10, 2016
Sign Installed - Installed June 10, 2016
Newspaper Notice - Published June 23, 2016


STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends approval of the request.


MOTION

I make a motion to adopt Ordinance No. ____________ to amend portions of Planned Development No. 92, to add "Office" use and "Medical and Dental Office" use, and to provide architectural design similar to the architecture of the existing buildings within Tract A-1, for Starcreek; generally located south of Sam Rayburn Tollway and east of Watters Road.



ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Ordinance
Property Notification Map
Draft Minutes from the June 21, 2016 P&Z meeting