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Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend Planned Development No. 70 (PD-70) as it relates to the allowable uses, development standards, and administration provisions within the zoning district, approximately 163.55 acres generally bounded by the city limit of the City of Farmers Branch to the north; the centerline of IH-35 on the west; Farmers Branch Lane on the south; Harry Hines Boulevard/IH35 frontage road on the southeast; and Havenhurst Street, Bee Street, Wicker Avenue, the rear property lines of properties fronting on Hermitage Street, the Cooks Creek Channel, and the west property lines of the residential lots fronting Bee Street on the east; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
This is a city-initiated zoning amendment to Planned Development No. 70 (PD-70) as it relates to allowable uses, development standards and administration provisions within the district. Proposed amendments to allowable uses are based on City Council direction to prohibit uses within the Interstate 35 (IH-35) corridor that are not in keeping with the anticipated longer term vision for the corridor. Amendments to the development standards and administration provisions are proposed to reflect changes to PD-70 over time, and to increase ease of implementation and consistency with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO).
Staff has reviewed PD-70 along with the other Planned Development Districts within the IH-35 corridor (PD-24, PD-25, PD-97, PD-86, and PD-32), based on Council direction, existing land use policy, existing development form, and the anticipated future vision for the corridor.
Staff is recommending that a list of uses be prohibited within PD-70. Uses that are proposed to be added to the prohibited list include those that are motor vehicle related or are of a level of intensity that is not in keeping with the direction provided. If approved, PD-70 will be brought into closer alignment with Council direction and the Central Area Plan....
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