Title
ZC#23-004: Change of zoning from C-2, Community Business District to S, South Mansfield Form Based Development District on approximately 12.899 acres in the Joseph Lawrence Survey, Abstract No. 616, City of Mansfield, Ellis County, Texas on property located at 3400 Harmon Road; M.R. Development, developer
Description/History
Existing Use: Vacant
Existing Zoning: C-2, Community Business District
Land Use Plan: Sub-Area 7
Surrounding Land Use & Zoning:
North - Multi-family residential, PD, Planned Development District
South - Single-family residential, PD, Planned Development District
East - Vacant, C-2, Community Business District and PR, Pre-Development District
West - Single-family residential, PD, Planned Development District
Thoroughfare Plan Specification:
State Highway 360 - Frontage Road and Freeway
Harmon Road - 2-lane residential street
Synopsis
The applicant is requesting to rezone the property from the C-2, Community Business District, to the S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District, on approximately 12.899 acres to accommodate mixed-use development. The policy recommendations for Sub-Area 7 in the Official Land Use Plan support development projects that are compatible with the goals of The Reserve Planned Development.
Staff Analysis
The primary intent of the recently adopted S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District, is to enable and to encourage a development pattern that is compact, mixed-use, walkable, and sustainable. To that end, the S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District is structured using the principles and practices of the rural-to-urban transect that, as used in this zoning district, create predictable urbanism by regulating building form and design.
The subject property consists of 12.899 acres. As proposed, the property will be developed for multi-family residential, rowhouse, neighborhood-oriented commercial and civic space. It is expected that the design of the site and the arrangement ...
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