The property is generally located on the north side of Ridgeview Drive and is approximately 825 feet west of the intersection of Ridgeview Drive and Chelsea Drive. The properties to the east and west retain a zoning district of Planned Development No. 92 (PD-92) with a base zoning district of Commercial Corridor (CC). The property to the south retains a zoning district of Planned Development No. 130 (PD-130) with a base zoning district of Single-Family Residential (R-5). The property to the north (across State Highway 121) is within the municipal boundaries of McKinney.

The subject property is comprised of one unplatted tract with a land area of 59.7157± acres and retains a zoning district of PD-92 CC. The applicant is requesting to create a new Planned Development district with a base zoning district of Light Industrial (LI). Further, the applicant is requesting to adopt new development regulations, including a Zoning Exhibit, Concept Plan, and Building Elevations to allow for a warehouse/office/distribution use. 

The proposed Concept Plan includes seven individual buildings ranging in size from 33,280 square feet to 147,420 square feet, with a gross floor area of all buildings totaling 736,735 square feet. Each individual building provides for approximately 10% of the gross floor area to be allocated toward office uses. The four access points for the development include two access points along State Highway 121, one access point along Ridgeview Drive, and one access point via cross access connecting to Chelsea Drive. To further regulate the proposed development, the development regulations include the following:

• Designation of a base zoning district of LI;
• Building Elevations to provide a general range of architectural features incorporated into the final design of all buildings;
• Permitted uses to be consistent with those in the LI zoning district, except for the prohibition of Permanent Concrete Batch Plants and Pawn Shop uses; 
• Restriction of maximum height of buildings to 35 feet where they are within 200 from a single-family zoning district or use;
• Restriction of maximum height of buildings to 45 feet where they are within 200 from a townhouse or multifamily zoning district or use;
• Restriction of maximum height of buildings to 50 feet where they are more than 200 feet from any residential zoning district;
• Screening standards along Ridgeview Drive to include canopy trees, ornamental trees, shrubs and a sodded berm along with a hike and bike trail;
• Additional screening interior to site where sides of loading areas are visible from internal private streets;
• Additional screening standards along SH 121 to limit visibility of loading areas;
• Hike & Bike Trail incorporated into Cottonwood Creek greenbelt connected to Ridgeview Drive and northern property limits along SH 121; and
• Tree Mitigation reductions for certain species of trees (e.g., hackberry, sugarberry, Chinaberry, or Siberian elm).

This request has been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee. The request is in general conformance with the future land use map in the adopted Comprehensive Plan and is compatible with the surrounding uses.

I move to recommend approval of a request to Establish a Planned Development Zoning District with a Base Zoning of Light Industrial and to Adopt Development Regulations, Zoning Exhibit, Concept Plan, and Building Elevations Relating to the Use and Development of Approximately 59.7157 Acres in the George Fitzhugh Survey, Abstract No. 321, and Francis Dosser Survey, Abstract No. 280, as presented.