Jun 10, 2025 Planning & Zoning Commission

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ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE THE 10TH, 2025. THE COMMISSIONER SEATED BEFORE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND TONIGHT I WILL ADVISE YOU WHETHER AN ITEM WILL BE HEARD ONLY BY THE COMMISSION OR PASSED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL DECISION. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AND TURN IT IN OVER HERE TO THE LADIES ON THE ON YOUR RIGHT PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING CALLED. WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CLEARLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. AND LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES. YOU MAY SPEAK ONLY ONE TIME ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. AND THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL REQUESTS THAT WE ALL BE CONCISE ON THE ISSUES AND TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT. YOUR OPINIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AND THEY BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. WE ALL WANT TO WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE NOW TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON NONPUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS?

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[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Zone the Subject Property to “AG” - Agriculture District, Located on the West Side of Trinity Falls Parkway and Approximately 1,650 Feet North of Laud Howell Parkway (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]

BOTH THIS ITEM AND THE VERY NEXT ITEM STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE TABLE THE ITEM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL BE JUNE 24TH, 2025 DUE TO NOTIFICATION ERRORS. SO THAT'S FOR BOTH THIS ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM, BUT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU JAKE. THIS DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. LET'S HAVE A MOTION. PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. IS THAT YOU? YES, SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TABLE THIS ITEM. IT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE NEXT MEETING, JUNE 24TH. YES. OKAY, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM AT THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES TO TABLE THE ITEM 250060 UNTIL JUNE 24TH, 2025. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. BY RUSSELL. ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? YOU NEED TO TOUCH THE SCREEN. YOU NEED TO. JAMES. THE SCREEN. DID YOU PUSH? OH, SORRY. THERE YOU GO. MY APOLOGIES. PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. VOTE. MOTION IS. ITEM IS TABLED UNTIL THE JUNE 24TH, 2025 MEETING. THE SECOND ITEM IS 250063Z. SAME SITUATION. CONDUCT

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Zone the Subject Property to “AG” - Agriculture District, Located Approximately 90 Feet East of Spur 195 and Approximately 2,200 Feet South of North Central Expressway (REQUEST TO BE TABLED)]

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[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on Design Exceptions to a Site Plan for a Traditional Multi-Family Development, Located at 4401 West University Drive]

JAKE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. THIS CASE MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR AS THE SITE PLAN WAS IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AT THE MAY 13TH MEETING. TYPICALLY, SITE PLANS ARE APPROVED AT THE STAFF LEVEL. HOWEVER, WHEN DESIGN EXCEPTIONS SUCH AS THESE ARE REQUESTED, WE BRING THOSE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR ACTION. PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, A SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY SCREENING WALL IS REQUIRED ALONG ALL SIDE AND REAR PROPERTY LINES, AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN ALTERNATIVE MIX OF SCREENING DEVICES ALONG EACH OF THE PROPERTY LINES, ALL OF WHICH STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGES FROM LAST TIME. THIS CASE WAS AT A. P AND Z ARE AN EIGHT FOOT TALL COMPOSITE FENCE PROPOSED ON TOP OF THE SOUTHERN RETAINING WALL ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN ALSO AN EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL PROPOSED ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT GRADE. SO WHERE THE RETAINING WALL ENDS, THAT'S WHERE THAT'LL PICK UP. STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSAL AND BELIEVES THAT THE PROPOSED SCREENING DEVICES MEET THE INTENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AS. AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, AND I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. JAKE. QUESTIONS, JAKE. ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY ADJACENT RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS? YEAH, SO WE DID RECEIVE CITIZEN COMMENTS FROM FROM ONE RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER, BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS, IT WASN'T REALLY DIRECTED AT THE REQUESTED DESIGN EXCEPTIONS AS MUCH AS THE PROPERTY OR THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE. AGAIN, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING. THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS SITE PLAN IS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TONIGHT IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS. AGAIN, STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE DESIGN EXCEPTIONS. THANKS. AND THAT ONLY DESIGN EXCEPTION IS RELATED TO SCREENING. ONLY TO SCREENING. YEP. WHAT IS THE RETAINING WALL GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF? THE RETAINING WALL WILL BE MASONRY. MASONRY. YEP. AND THEN THE COMPOSITE WILL BE EIGHT FEET TALL ON TOP OF THAT. WHY ARE THEY PROPOSING TO DO A COMPOSITE RATHER THAN A SIMILAR MASONRY LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO ON THE OTHER END OF IT? YEAH. SO USUALLY IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DUE TO THE WEIGHT. SO DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, I BELIEVE THE TALLEST HEIGHT IS ABOUT 14.5FT FOR THAT RETAINING WALL. AND SO YOU ADD ANOTHER 6FT OR 8FT OF MASONRY ON TOP OF THAT. THAT GETS PRETTY HEAVY. SO THE RETAINING WALL DOES TAPER OFF A BIT AS IT GOES EAST. AND THEN WHERE THAT RETAINING WALL ENDS IS WHERE THE EIGHT FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL IS BEING PICKED UP AT. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? JAKE. THANK YOU. JAKE. CAN WE GET THE APPLICANT UP, PLEASE? YEP. GOOD EVENING. MATTHEW CROWE WITH JPI ADDRESSES 9001 CYPRESS BOULEVARD. THANKS FOR LETTING US COME BACK UP HERE TONIGHT. BASED ON THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING MORE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND KIND OF GUIDANCE. AND SO KIND OF THE EVENTS WE TOOK FROM THE LAST TIME TO TONIGHT WAS WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH STAFF ON THIS AND WITH THE RESIDENTS TO THE SOUTH TO KIND OF SEE WHAT KIND OF WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. SO WE HELD AN ONLINE ZOOM KIND OF SESSION WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. I'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE HOA PRESIDENT TO HELP COORDINATE ALL THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE AT OUR NEXT NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT FOR JEFFERSON VERDANT, WHICH IS ON THE EASTERN RIGHT THERE. SO IT WAS RIGHT IN THE BACKYARD. SO EVERYBODY WE HAD WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE THERE. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 15 OR SO NEIGHBORS COME OUT AND JUST KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE VARIANCE WE'RE REQUESTING TONIGHT FOR THE SCREEN DEVICE, AS WELL AS JUST THE PROPER THE PROJECT IN GENERAL, AND GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND KIND OF HEAR THEIR VOICES, CONCERNS, THOUGHTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE GENERAL CONSENSUS COMING OUT OF THAT, I THINK WAS RELATIVELY POSITIVE. EVERYBODY HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY LIKE OUR VERDANT PROJECT NEXT DOOR. AND SO THERE WAS SOME EXCITEMENT, BUT ALSO, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WITH MULTIFAMILY NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNS. AND SO WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS FROM THAT MEETING WAS THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED THE FENCING, THE FENCING, THE WALL AND THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL TO BE EIGHT FEET INSTEAD OF SIX FEET, WHICH WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO, TO GIVE THEM THAT LEVEL OF COMFORT AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SCREENING. AND WE THINK THIS IS

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AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CALLING FOR A PRE DEV MEETING HERE IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS. THE GAME PLAN IS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PHASE ONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE WON'T BEGIN PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AT MINIMUM SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, PROBABLY IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE. WHAT'S A SETBACK THERE FOR THE TREES? WHAT IS THAT SIX FOOT, EIGHT FOOT? IT SHOULD BE TEN. IT'S I THINK IT'S A TEN FOOT SETBACK FOR THE TREES. AND THEN I THINK IT'S A 20 FOOT. LANDSCAPE SETBACK AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? IT WAS A QUESTION LAST TIME I RECALL THAT THERE WAS A WHO WOULD MAINTAIN THAT GAP IN BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND WHERE THE FENCE OR THE RETAINING WALL. I GUESS Y'ALL ARE GOING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, CORRECT? YES. AND WE PROPOSED IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF PROVIDING A GATE ON GRADE WITH THE MASONRY WALL. THAT WAY IT'S GOING TO BE ACCESS CONTROLLED FOR STAFF ON SITE. THAT WAY THEY CAN GET BACK THERE AND MAINTAIN THAT AREA. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE TWO WEBSITE RESPONSES. ONE IS FROM DEAN LIU AND DEAN OPPOSES THIS PROJECT IN GENERAL. AND I HAVE ONE MORE CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS THAT HAS QUESTIONS THAT STAFF COULD RESPOND TO. I THINK THE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE CASE NUMBER ARE THE NEXT CASE. ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEM 2025 0028. THANK YOU. JUST TO CLARIFY, YEAH, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY WISH TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE TURN IN YOUR YELLOW CARD IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY. ANYBODY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION BY JAMES TO APPROVE THE ITEM. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND IS THAT JESSIE? HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ITEM 250098 SP2. ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. MOTION PASSES A VOTE OF 7 TO 0 AND THAT IS A FINAL DECISION BY BY OUR COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. NEXT LET'S MOVE TO THE ITEM NUMBER 4250028Z. AND

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Rezone the Subject Property from “PD” - Planned Development District and “REC” - Regional Employment Center Overlay District to “C1” - Neighborhood Commercial District, Located on the Northwest corner of Alma Road and Wessex Court]

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AND AS FAR AS BEING MORE OR LESS RESTRICTIVE, THERE ARE CERTAIN USES THAT WILL NOW REQUIRE AN SUP IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED, OR THERE'S SOME OTHERS THAT ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED ALTOGETHER. AND AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE CURRENTLY, RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THRUS WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. AND WITH THIS REZONING, THEY WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THRU. THANK YOU. WHAT IS THEIR REASONING FOR WANTING TO GO TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING JUST TO UPDATE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, REALLY, AND BRING THE CODE AND REQUIREMENTS UP TO WHAT WE USE NOWADAYS. SO THEN IS THAT IS THAT MORE ON Y'ALL'S SIDE THEN OR IS THAT ON THEIR SIDE REQUESTING IT. NO, IT WAS COMPLETELY THEIR REQUEST. AND JUST BECAUSE THE REC HAS VERY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT THEY WISH TO ZONE OUT OF AND JUST KIND OF FOLLOW OUR MORE MODERN REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. RUSH, YOU GOT ANYTHING? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. STUART, DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING? YES, I BELIEVE SO. YES. IF YOU COME UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. STEPHEN REMY, ADDRESS 1929 PEMBROKE LANE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? YEAH, JUST CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE INTENT OF THE OF THE RETAIL SPACE? WHAT ARE THEIR SPECIFIC PLANS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC PLANS AS OF YET. WE KNOW WE WANT TO EVENTUALLY DEVELOP IT INTO MORE OF AN OFFICE MEDICAL OFFICE TYPE SPACE. AND DOING THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT UNDER, I GUESS, MORE SIMPLE TYPE ZONING, ZONING RESTRICTIONS. SO IT WOULD BE SINGLE STOREY OR TWO STORY OR SINGLE STOREY SINGLE STOREY. YES, SIR. OKAY. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY NOW TO FIGURE OUT THE PROPER LAYOUT, SIZING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHICH JUST SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR US. GOTCHA. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS, RUSS. GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR. ALL RIGHT. AS WE POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE DO HAVE ONE WEBSITE RESPONSE FROM CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT INTENDED USE, WHICH RUSSELL QUESTIONED ABOUT AND BUILDING HEIGHT. SAME THING. THIS ITEM DOES HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO COME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM? ANYBODY AT ALL? SEEING NO ONE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ITEM MOTION BY RUSSELL TO APPROVE THE CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM 25 00280. A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. JAMES. SECOND BY JAMES, ANY FINAL DISCUSSION? PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THE VOTE IS 7 TO 0. THE ITEM DOES PASS, AND WE'LL GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL ACTION ON JULY 1ST, 2025. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR FINAL ITEM

[Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Request to Zone the Subject Property to “R6” - Residential District, Located on the West Side of County Road 168 and Approximately 2,600 Feet North of Coughlin Parkway]

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DETACHED RESIDENTIAL IS THE ONLY PERMITTED USE. YEP. LOT SIZE CONSTRAINTS ARE. SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? LOT SIZE. OH. LOT SIZE. SO MINIMUM 6000FT■!S.O I BELIEVE IT'S 50 BY 90. MINIMUM 6000FT■!S OKAY. GOTCHA. THAT GENERALLY ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT ASTOR PARK PD. YEAH.

ACTUALLY THE ASTOR PARK PD TO THE SOUTH, IT REFERENCES SF5, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR OLDER DISTRICTS R5 SO IT'S ACTUALLY A SMALLER LOT SIZE WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM 5000. SO SLIGHTLY LARGER LOTS THAN WHAT'S IN THESE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LARGER. YEP. EXCUSE ME, THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT IS THERE A CAPACITY OUT THERE TODAY FOR SEWER CURRENTLY IT'S KIND OF FIRST COME FIRST SERVE AS FAR AS WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS OUT THERE AND IS BEING EXTENDED UP THIS FAR NORTH. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT PRESSURE PLANES AS FAR AS THE SEWER, WATER AND WATER. AS FAR AS THE WATER GOES, AS FAR AS THE WATER GOES. SO THERE ARE POTENTIAL ISSUES. BUT AS AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS CAPACITY FOR THIS. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY ARE ASKING TO BE ANNEXED, NOT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FORM A MUD OR A PIT OR NO, THIS WOULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS. YEP. THE ANNEXATION CASE IS ONLY HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL. BUT THE ZONING CASE COMES TO BOTH. YEP. THANK YOU. JAKE, DO WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE? YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, SANDRA LEE AT 5601 DEMOCRACY DRIVE, SUITE 300, IN PLANO, TEXAS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPER, HIGHLAND HOMES, AND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? TIMING OF TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE WE WOULD ANTICIPATE TO BREAK GROUND AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A LOT COUNT IN MIND. OR APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY LOTS. WE'RE AROUND 300. WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE LOT SIZES AND THE MIX. IF WE WANT ALL 50 OR 60. SO. BUT IT'LL BE AROUND 300. THANK YOU. YOU INCLUDE ANY DEDICATED GREEN SPACE OR PUBLIC AREAS. AND YES, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT AROUND 15% OF OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE CONCEPT PLAN. BUT WE DO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OPEN SPACE. THERE'S ALSO SOME DRAINAGE AREAS THAT ACTUALLY TWO DRAINAGE AREAS THAT WE NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF. AND WE ARE PLANNING A SMALL AMENITY ON SITE. SO IS THE TREED AREA. IS THAT A FLOODPLAIN OR IT'S ACTUALLY MOST OF IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED. THERE'S NO WATERS OF THE US WITHIN IT. SO

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