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PUD2016-05 - ZONE CHANGE FROM RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL TO PUD #50, THE ANDRA COMMERCIAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST MACARTHUR ROAD AND WEST OF SOUTH HOOVER ROAD (DISTRICT 2).
Presented by: Scott Knebel, Senior Planner, MAPD.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC) and approve the PUD; authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution and authorize the resolution to be published.
PUBLIC COMMENT
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Background: The undeveloped application area is in the unincorporated county and located south of West MacArthur Road, between South Ridge and South Hoover Roads. The southwest corner of the site is within a mapped flood zone. The applicants propose rezoning this property from RR Rural Residential (RR) to PUD #50, the Andra Commercial Planned Unit Development (PUD) to permit an event center. According to the Unified Zoning Code (UZC), a PUD is intended to:
(1) Reduce or eliminate the inflexibility that sometimes results from strict application of zoning standards that were designed primarily for individual lots;
(2) Allow greater freedom in selecting the means to provide access, light, open space and design amenities;
(3) Promote quality urban design and environmentally sensitive development by allowing development to take advantage of special site characteristics, locations and land uses; and
(4) Allow deviations from certain zoning standards that would otherwise apply if not contrary to the general spirit and intent of this Code.
The un-platted 14.9-acre site is used for agriculture and sits within the applicant’s larger 38.8-acre site. The PUD proposes keeping the balance of the 38.8-acre site as an open-space buffer. The PUD (see attached) specifies that landscaping and berm screening identified on the PUD is to be approved by staff, and is contingent upon the surrounding area remaining as open space. The PUD states, “The applicant may define this area as a reserve w...
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