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YOU'RE GOOD TERRY, GOOD EVENING.
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5:30 PM.WELCOME TO THE CITY OF MCKINNEY'S, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2022.
FIRST ITEM WILL BE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY AND PARIS AND PARIS.
YOU HAD A LOOK ON YOUR FACE LIFE.
FIRST ITEM WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY NON-PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM, ANYONE HERE TONIGHT TO COMMENT ON A NON PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
[Update on the New Code McKinney Initiative (Development Regulations Update)]
OKAY.NEXT ITEM WILL BE TWO, TWO DASH 0 5 2 2 UPDATE ON THE NEW CODE MCKINNEY INITIATIVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS UPDATE MS. ARNOLD.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US A LITTLE EARLY FOR EASY WORK SESSIONS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE REGULATIONS, ALL NEW CODE BIKINI, UM, WE ARE NEARING THE COMPLETION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH INTO WHAT WE CALL THE CONSOLIDATED CODE, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EVENTUAL ADOPTION.
WITH THAT LAUNCH INTO THESE FUNNELS, WE WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO VISIT WITH MEGAN'S ZONING COMMISSION, ABOUT A COUPLE OF KEY ITEMS RELATED TO THE CODE.
UM, THE OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT WE LOOK TO TAKE ON, OR ULTIMATELY THE ADOPTION ADOPTION STRATEGY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT LATE LAST YEAR.
SO WE TO IT BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AS WE LAUNCHED.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN REAL QUICKLY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE KEY PROJECT MILESTONES WE'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY.
IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, UH, SO AS NOT TO BE TOO OVERWHELMING PUBLIC AND JUST THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT.
SO, UH, BACK IN SUMMER OF 2019, THROUGH THE END OF 2020, WE REALLY FOCUSED A LOT ON ASSESSING OUR CURRENT CODES, UH, DOING A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT THAT POINT, MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS, MEMBERS OF PNC AND CITY COUNCIL AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES WERE IN OUR CURRENT CODE AND WHERE THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW CODE AND THEN THROW IT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT DRAFTING THAT NEW CODE WITH THE HELP OF OUR CONSULTING TEAM, UM, AS WELL AS MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND GETTING SOME OF THOSE CODE DRAFTS OUT THERE FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, ALONG THE WAY, WE HAVE DEFINITELY INJECTED OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, EVERY TIME THAT WE, UH, DRAFTED A NEW UPDATE TO THE CODE, WE DID PROVIDE A SURVEY ONLINE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UH, WE ALSO FILTERED A LOT OF THOSE THROUGH OUR MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF HOT TOPIC ITEMS, UH, I E TREE PRESERVATION.
AND MULTI-FAMILY THAT WE DEFINITELY TOOK SOME TIME TO GO OUT IN FRONT OF YOU ALL IN COUNCIL, DURING JOINT WORK SESSIONS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T MISSING THE MARK ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE FINAL PHASES OF OUTREACH FOR THIS PROJECT, WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS PUBLIC FACING AS WE CAN WITH SOME OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT ALONG THE WAY THAT GENERAL PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR, UM, FOLKS THAT OWN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS CODE UPDATE.
SO, UM, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY AND ADOPTION, I DO WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU ALL, UM, ABOUT THE CODE UPDATE.
MOST NOTABLY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE TOPIC OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCT TYPES AND MCKINNEY HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
UM, AND WE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE WITH THE CODE UPDATE WITH THE NEW CODE, WE ARE PROPOSING A SERIES OF NEW RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
MANY OF THEM LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OUR CURRENT, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS.
HOWEVER, WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE
YOU WERE VERY FAMILIAR WITH SEEING THAT WITH REZONINGS IN FRONT OF YOU, THE SFIA ZONING DISTRICT IS WHAT WE WOULD POINT TO AS YOUR STANDARD SUBURBAN SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WITHIN THAT CURRENT OR WITHIN OUR CURRENT CODE, SF FIVE ALLOWS
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FOR A LOT SIZE DOWN TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT IT DOES ALSO REQUIRE THAT MEAN AND MEDIAN LOT SIZE OF 7,200 SQUARE FEET.SO FOR EVERY SMALL LOT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LARGER LOT TO KIND OF BALANCE AND PROVIDE A MIX OF LOT SIZES IN THOSE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TOOL FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW FOR SOME SMALLER LOTS, BUT ALSO ENSURES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF QUALITY OR DENSITY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT OVERALL.
HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE CODE OVERHAUL, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT THAT MEAN, AND MEDIAN LOT SIZE REQUIREMENT CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO LAY OUT A SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE LOT SIZES ARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET GIVEN A FOOTPRINT OF A TRACT.
UM, AND SO THEY DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTED THAT AS A CHALLENGE.
SO AS PROPOSED WITH THE NEW CODE, UM, WE WOULD RETAIN THAT SFIA ZONING DISTRICT IT'D BE RENAMED TO R FIVE AND IT WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR LOTS DOWN TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT THAT MEAN A MEDIAN LOT REQUIREMENT WOULD GO AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT OUR FIVE AS MORE OF AN URBAN SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
NOW IT WOULD NOT BE THE GO-TO STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE ARE USED TO SEEING INSTEAD THAT THE NEW STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE THE
WE DID SEEM TO GET A LOT OF NODS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT.
UM, THEY ADDED FLEXIBILITY WITH THE STANDARD MINIMUM LOT SIZE SEEMED TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ALL APPRECIATED.
IT ALLOWED FOR A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UM, INTERPRETATION FOR LAYOUT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADJUSTED WITH THE NEW CODE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED THAT, UM, FOR YOU ALL, NO, ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, UM, WE HAVE THESE URBAN ZONING DISTRICTS FOR RESIDENTIAL, AND THIS WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED WITH THE NEW CODE, UM, TO ALLOW FOR A HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY PROJECT UP TO 60 UNITS PER ACRE, UM, AND THE SMALL, SUPER SMALL LOT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO A, A, AN URBAN RESIDENTIAL LOT COULD BE AS SMALL AS 3000 SQUARE FEET.
UNFORTUNATELY, THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE FOUND THAT IT SEEMS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH URBAN DESIGN CRITERIA, UM, AS A STANDARD IN THE ZONING CODE.
UM, WE, WE SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY AND QUALIFY THINGS LIKE OPEN SPACE OR CURVILINEAR STREETS OR STREET TREES IN A STANDARD CODE.
AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE, UM, SAVE THAT CONVERSATION FOR A PHASE TWO AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE.
AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE PULL BACK ON THOSE URBAN DISTRICTS, THEY ARE QUITE NUANCED.
UM, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO BOG DOWN THE OVERALL BENEFITS OF THE NEW CODE WITH SOMETHING QUITE SO NUANCED.
SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF LEGWORK ON THAT.
UM, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE WANT TO PUT THAT, UM, TO THE SIDE, GET THE MAJOR CODE AMENDED OR ADOPTED, AND THEN COME BACK ON A PHASE TWO AND START LOOKING AT THOSE URBAN DISTRICTS.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY AND THE HIGH DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICTS ARE REMOVED WITH THE CODE OVERHAUL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS MISSING MIDDLE PRODUCT TYPE IS, IS VERY PREVALENT IN MCKINNEY.
AND SO THIS FOCUS ON THESE URBAN DISTRICTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RIGHT WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE.
WE WANTED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT MULTIFAMILY THAT WE ALL SEEN QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, UH, WITH THE NEW CODE, WE ACTUALLY WANT TO CODIFY THAT AS A SPECIFIC USE.
SO WE ARE CALLING IT A, WHAT WE CALL THEM COTTAGE MULTIFAMILY.
WE'VE FOUND BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
THEY COME TO US AND THEY SAY, WE WANT TO DO SINGLE FAMILY FOR, WELL, THE NAME SINGLE FAMILY AND OUR ZONING CODE HAS A VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITION, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT SINGLE FAMILY.
AND SO IT CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF MISCONCEPTION ABOUT WHAT THE PRODUCT IS.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE NEW USE OF COTTAGE MULTI-FAMILY AND A NEW ZONING DISTRICT OF WHAT WE CALL FR FLEX RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT UNDER A STANDARD DISTRICT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TAKE SOME NODS FROM THOSE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS WELL AS JUST COORDINATING WITH, UH, PROJECT PARTNERS WHO HAVE DONE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AS WELL.
SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THAT THAT BE INJECTED INTO THE NEW CODE, AND WE THINK IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP ON SOME OF THAT MISSING MIDDLE PRODUCT TYPE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES, UM, IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND USES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU ALL ON BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU ALL ON IS THIS CONCEPT OF ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS JOINT WORK SESSIONS WITH YOU ALL IN CITY COUNCIL, WE HAD, UH, PRESENTED THIS ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE
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CONCEPT IN ORDER TO GAIN AS MUCH POSSIBLE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE ZONING CODE AT THE STAFF LEVEL AS POSSIBLE.WELL, THAT WAS A GREAT PLAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUR LEGAL TEAM HAS MENTIONED TO US, THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THAT MAY BE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR ON THE STAFF DISCRETION.
SO THEY'VE ASKED US TO PULL THAT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING SO THIS IDEA OF ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UM, FIRST IS GETTING SHIFTED A BIT TO WHAT WE NOW CONSIDER RICO, UM, DESIGN EXCEPTIONS.
AND YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS THAT RUN THROUGH THE MTC ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, WE'RE REALLY JUST PICKING THAT UP AND SORT OF INJECTING IT INTO THE OVERALL CODE.
SO WITH THE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS, UM, ANYTHING THAT MOVES BEYOND AND OBJECTIVE CRITERIA THAT STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AT THE STAFF LEVEL WOULD COME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, JUST THE SAME WAY YOU SEE THEM FOR PROJECTS IN THE MTC.
UM, SO, UM, DO YOU, I CAN'T THINK OF, WHAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE DESIGN EXCEPTION, AARON PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
UM, THINGS LIKE PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING, THAT'S A GREAT ONE PARKING LOT LANDSCAPE DESIGN.
UM, IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO MEET THE STRICT REQUIREMENTS OF PARKING LOT LANDSCAPE DESIGN, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING FOR A DESIGN EXCEPTION.
SO, UM, PUTTING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, OF A, UH, BOARDER COMMISSION REVIEW ON THOSE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS, BUT STILL TRYING TO LIMIT OR PREVENT FOLKS FROM HAVING TO GO TO A PD, UM, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MEET THE STRICT LETTER OF THE LAW.
SO THAT IS STILL IN THE CODE, BUT IT'S SHIFTED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE KEY CHANGES.
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO AARON HERE FOR A FEW MINUTES.
HE'S GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT WE WILL BE, UM, UNDERWAY WITH OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
UH, SO TODAY I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY BEGAN YESTERDAY.
UH, HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT THROUGH THE EMAILS AND VARIOUS CHANNELS THAT YOU'LL KIND OF BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, BUT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF START THIS PHASE.
AND THE GOAL WITH THIS PHASE IS TO REALLY GET THE DOCUMENT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE THEM GIVE US FEEDBACK ON IT.
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE DOCUMENT AND WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD, OR WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SOME OF THE GOALS IN IT.
AND SO WE'VE REALLY KIND OF FOCUSED WITH THAT IN THIS OUTREACH STRATEGY.
AND I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT HERE.
WE'VE REALLY BROKEN IT OUT AND WHAT WE CALL IT, THE THREE L'S.
AND SO THAT FIRST L IS THE LAUNCH PHASE, IF YOU WILL, UH, WHICH I SAID STARTED YESTERDAY ON JUNE 13TH.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO GET THE DOCUMENT OUT THERE.
IT WAS THE BIG RELEASE KIND OF DROPPING ALL OF THE WEBSITE UPDATES, HAVING THE DOCUMENT OUT THERE, HAVING THE SURVEY BE AVAILABLE.
UM, STEP TWO IS THE LEARN PHASE AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT.
THIS IS REALLY THE PROMOTION AND EDUCATION PHASE.
AS WE WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY HEAR ABOUT THE DOCUMENT, BUT GET EDUCATED ON SOME OF THE CHANGES WE GO THROUGH LAST, BUT NOT LEAST AS A LEGAL STUFF.
UM, AND JUST LIKE IT SAYS, THIS IS ALL HAS TO DO WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF ADOPTING THE NEW CODE.
AND SO THAT'S OUR, OUR THIRD STEP.
SO WE'LL WALK THROUGH THESE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE.
SO EACH KIND OF COMPONENT GOES THROUGH AN OUT THERE'S LIKE OUTREACH COMPONENTS AND THERE IS ALSO FEEDBACK COMPONENTS.
AND SO, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, JUST A SECOND AGO, OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE LAUNCH PHASE, SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST NEWSLETTERS, WHICH ARE COMING OUT LATER THIS WEEK, UH, THE WEBSITE'S BEEN UPDATED, THE COMPARISON TOOLS DONE AND IS OUT THERE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE, UM, COMING TO THIS MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE FEEDBACK ITEMS ARE JUST THAT SURVEY.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, TECHNICAL CON TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH IS, UH, THE MCKINNEY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND DOING A, A TECHNICAL REVIEW, UM, THROUGH THE CONVEO APP.
UH, THE PHASE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE RUNNING THROUGH AUGUST 15TH.
SO WE HAVE TWO MONTHS FOR EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK ON IT.
UM, DURING THIS TIME WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST, UM, NOT EVERY WEEK, BUT, UH, KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERY OTHER WEEK TO KIND OF KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED AND INTRIGUED.
THERE'S ALSO SOME WEBSITE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING TO PROVIDE LITTLE TEASERS AND INFORMATION TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, TO GET THAT GOING AS WELL.
UM, FEEDBACK LOOP FOR THIS PHASE BEYOND THE SURVEY AND REVIEW FOR THE TECHNICAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, WE ARE DOING DROP-INS AND, UH, WHAT WE CALL DROP-INS ANYWAY.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST REALLY GOING TO BE TIME SET
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ASIDE FOR, UH, MYSELF AND ALEC MILLER TO KIND OF SIT OUT THERE AND BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THE CODE.AND SO MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WILL BE UPCOMING, BUT, UH, THOSE ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING IN JULY IS OUR PROJECTION FOR THAT.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING, UM, SOME SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, UH, WITH LARGE LANDOWNERS AND FREQUENT FLYERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, THIS CAN IMPACT THEM A LOT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME TO KIND OF COME AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET SOME OF THAT, UH, MORE, UH, DIRECT CONTACT AND MEETING TIME WITH US.
UM, ALSO, UH, ADDITIONAL JOINT MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE AT AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
SO SOME OF THOSE COMING LAST, BUT NOT LEAST WE MOVE INTO OUR LEGAL STUFF PHASE.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS REALLY JUST FOLLOWING, MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW ALL THE STATE LAWS TO, TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENT BE ABLE TO BE CHANGED.
AND SO YOU'VE GOT LEGAL NOTICE THAT GOES OUT IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING AN AD IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT TO HELP KIND OF CIRCULATE THAT AROUND MCKINNEY.
WE'VE ALSO MENTIONED DOING UTILITY BILLING STUFFERS, SO THAT, THAT GOES OUT IN ALL THE UTILITY BILLS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY AWARE OF IT.
JUST REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON GETTING THIS OUT THERE, UM, IN FRONT OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH IS THE FEEDBACK LOOP, RIGHT? UM, IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK AND GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE HAVE, UH, YOU ALL IN CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION ON THAT.
UM, WITH THAT WE REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR, FROM YOU ALL IS JUST REALLY TO, TO HELP GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE DOCUMENT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK, LET US KNOW, UM, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW IT WORKS.
UM, WE REALLY WANNA, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WORKING APPROPRIATELY AND, AND KIND OF HEAR THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROMOTE THE DOCUMENT FOR US.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE AN EXTENDED NETWORK THAT, THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES, AND YOU GUYS CAN BRING UP CONVERSATIONS AND POTENTIALLY AT CERTAIN TIMES, PEOPLE WILL COME TO YOU AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THEM AND, YOU KNOW, SEND THEM TO MYSELF OR JENNIFER TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TALK ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN OF COURSE, COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS, ANY OF THOSE EVENTS THAT YOU'RE MORE THAN WILLING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND JOIN US, BUT COME JOIN US, SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO JENNIFER SO SHE CAN WALK THROUGH THE ADOPTION STRATEGY.
UM, AND THIS ADOPTION STRATEGY, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COVERED WITH, UM, MANY OF YOU BACK LATE LAST YEAR.
SO I WON'T BELABOR ANY POINTS, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SET A QUICK REMINDER AS WE WRAP UP THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
SO, UM, ADOPTION STRATEGY FOR THE NEW CODES, WE'VE GOT THIS NEW CODE DRAFTED.
NOW THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE ACTUALLY WANT TO GET IT ADOPTED AND INCORPORATED INTO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES? AND WHAT'S THE TRANSITION FROM OUR CURRENT CODE TO OUR NEW CODE.
WE SHOWED THIS SLIDE, UM, BACK WITH WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL AND ALSO WITH YOU ALL IN THOSE SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, UM, ANYTIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERHAUL OF OUR ZONING CODE, UM, OR A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, THERE IS ALWAYS THIS INITIAL SHOCK OF, OH MY GOSH, THIS WILL AFFECT EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF MCKINNEY.
AND, BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT ANYTHING THAT IS A ZONED PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT HAS TAILOR-MADE ZONING ON THAT SITE WILL REMAIN ALMOST ENTIRELY INTACT.
AND THIS VISUAL UP HERE IS A GREAT REMINDER THAT ALMOST 70% OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS ZONED PD.
SO THESE TAILORED ZONING DISTRICTS THAT EXIST AGAIN, THE IMPACT OF THIS NEW CODE ON THEM MAY BE SMALLER THAN, UH, THAN WE ORIGINALLY THINK THEY MIGHT BE BEYOND JUST THE PD ZONING TO STRAIGHT ZONING COMPARISON.
WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND THAT ALMOST 70% OF THE CITY OF MCKINNEY IS ALREADY DEVELOPED.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER SORT OF LAYER BACK BEHIND THAT ONION OF WHO WAS ACTUALLY IMPACTED.
AND WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF THAT IMPACT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THAT ZONING CODE.
SO WE DO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THE CITY THAT IS PD ZONED, UM, AND, OR ALSO, UH, ALREADY DEVELOPED.
AND SO THE IMPACT OF THE ZONING CODE REALLY, REALLY HITS HOME FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE STRAIGHT ZONED AND ARE UNDEVELOPED.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED THE MOST.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL FLY THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE CAN PURSUE FOR THE ZONING, UH, AMENDMENT.
UM, ONE IS THE MAP AND TEXT AMENDMENT THAT IS WE'LL GO OUT AND REZONE EVERYTHING.
UM, THE SECOND IS TO PURELY DO A TEXT, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE
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WHEREBY THE ZONING ON PEOPLE'S PROPERTY DON'T CHANGE, BUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITHIN THE CODE WOULD DEFINITELY BE UPDATED.AND THEN THE THIRD IS WHAT WE CALL THE AD-ON AND THAT IS, WE ESSENTIALLY RUN TWO SEPARATE CODES.
WE HAVE THE CURRENT CODE, AND THEN THE NEW CODE THAT RUN CONCURRENTLY TO EACH OTHER, UM, STAFF IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDING THAT OPTION.
NUMBER TWO, I'M GOING TO FLY THROUGH THESE MATRICES.
I THINK IT'S THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN BEFORE.
WE DEFINITELY EVALUATED THE RISK REWARD FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS, UM, AND HAVE LANDED ON OPTION TWO AS BEING THE BEST OPTION FOR, FOR THE CITY.
SO WE'LL, WE'D BE LOOKING TO DO THAT TEXT AMENDMENT, AND THEN COMING OUT OF THAT TEXT AMENDMENT, THE TRANSITION FROM THAT OLD CODE TO THE NEW CODE COULD DEFINITELY HAPPEN IN ONE OF SEVERAL WAYS.
UM, ONE COULD BE WHAT WE CALL RIPPING THE BANDAID OFF.
UH, THE SECOND THAT THAT CODE IS ADOPTED, IT COULD BE EFFECTIVE AND, UM, FOLKS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT RULE.
UH, THERE'S A DELAYED STRATEGY OR A DELAYED START OPTION WHERE THE CODE IS ADOPTED, BUT IT DOESN'T BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS THAT GRACE PERIOD, OR THERE IS THE DUAL CODE OR THE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE OPTION WHEREBY THE CODE IS ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE AS OF THAT ADOPTION DATE.
UM, BUT FOLKS HAVE A, A BRIEF WINDOW OF TIME TO DECIDE WHICH CODE THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK WITHIN.
AND STRATEGY THREE IS WHAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE IT IS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR, UM, A PROPERTY OWNER OR A DEVELOPER.
IT GIVES THEM PAIRED WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE'RE STARTING NOW.
UM, AND THEN THE SIX MONTHS WINDOW OF CHOOSING YOUR OWN ADVENTURE, WE DO FEEL AS THOUGH THAT GIVES AMPLE TIME FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS ACTIVELY TRYING TO DEVELOP THEIR SITE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM.
UM, SO WITH THAT, OUR, OUR TOTAL RECOMMENDATION IS THAT TEXT ONLY AMENDMENT, ALONG WITH THAT, UM, DUAL CODE FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, UM, AFTER ADOPTION, UH, TO MAKE IT FULLY AFFECTED.
SO THAT TRANSITION STRATEGY, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR LAST SLIDE.
SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT LAST BIT WAS A BIT OF A REFRESHER COURSE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, AS WE LAUNCH INTO THIS FINAL PHASE OF THE CODE OVERHAUL, UH, WE WELCOME THOSE.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE MONTHS ON GETTING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AARON IS HERE AS WELL.
AARON MEMBERS SHOWS OR QUESTIONS.
ANYONE, MR. DOKE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NOPE, NOT THIS TIME, JENNIFER.
I HAD ONE PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, PAGE NINE OR 31, DEALING WITH THE, UM, FOR RENT RESIDENTIAL.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT STANDARDS, FIVE ACRES.
IS THAT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE A FIVE ACRE MINIMUM TO DEVELOP THAT TYPE OF PRODUCT? WHAT IS THAT A MAXIMUM? THAT IS A MINIMUM FIVE ACRES.
SO IF SOMEONE CAME IN WITH FOUR ACRES AND WANTED TO DO FOR RENT, THEY WOULD NEED TO REZONE TO, THEY WOULDN'T BE, THEY WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED UNDER THAT ZONING.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT MINIMUM ACREAGE IS TO TRY AND SAFEGUARD THE CITY FROM FOLKS DOING THE SMALL INFILL, UM, ON MAYBE YOUR TWO OR THREE ACRE SITE THAT REALLY SHOULD JUST OTHERWISE BE CONSIDERED A QUADPLEX, UM, OR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO WE ALL HAVE THE COTTAGE MULTI-FAMILY THAT WE'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN ON SITES MUCH LARGER THAN FIVE ACRES.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD MINIMUM THRESHOLD.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE QUICK QUESTION ON PDS, THE UNDERLYING ZONING THAT'S EXISTING THEM SAY IT'S C2.
HOW IS THAT GOING FORWARD? WILL IT STAY THE OLD C2 OR IS IT GOING TO GO UNDER THE NEW SEAT? SO, UM, I WILL SAY FOR ALL OF OUR MODERN PDS, SO ANYTHING THAT WAS ON PD AFTER ABOUT 2010 TO TODAY, UM, THEY WILL ROLL TO THE NEW C TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
SO SOME OF OUR OLD PDS ACTUALLY LOCK IN TIME, THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING.
SO IT'S GOING TO SAY WE'RE ZONE PD.
WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP TO THE O ONE ZONING DISTRICT AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2000.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, BUT NOW A LOT OF OUR WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT SMARTER AND OUR MODERN PD ZONING SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE PD WITH A ONE AND AS AMENDED.
AND SO THAT MEANS IF THE ZONING CODE GETS AMENDED, THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT, OH ONE WOULD ROLL TO THE NEW AMENDED.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY IN THESE NEW PDS.
WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEY ARE DEFINITELY AWARE THAT THERE IS THAT OPTION, THAT IF THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING CODE THAT AFFECTS THIS ZONING, THEY KNOW THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO THAT, THAT ROLL UP IF YOU WILL.
ANYONE ELSE OTHER QUESTIONS, JENNIFER? THANK YOU, AARON.
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IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.NOW WE WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TONIGHT, THEY WERE LOOKING TO ADDRESS PLANNING AND ZONING.
SEEING NONE MEMBERS, STAFF ARE THERE COMMENTS MS. ARNOLD, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? WE DO NEED
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A MOTION TO ADJOURN IN A SECOND.WE ADJOURN MOTION MEMBERS TO DOKE.
SECOND BY MR. WOODRUFF TO A JOURNAL.
THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.
WE WILL START PLANNING AND ZONING AT SIX O'CLOCK.