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Ordinance - Public Hearing Continuation and Second and Final Reading on an Ordinance Approving a Zoning Change from PD, Planned Development District to PD, Planned Development District Multi-Family Residential Uses on Approximately 7.77 Acres out of the Henry Odell Survey, Abstract No. 1196, Tarrant County, Texas, on Property Located at 1725 E. Broad Street; Bridgeview Real Estate, owner/developer (ZC#22-019)
Requested Action
To consider the subject zoning change request
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on February 6, 2023, and voted 6 to 1 to recommend approval with the following conditions:
1) That retaining walls be limited to a maximum height of four (4) feet; and retaining walls shall be made of brick or brick veneer or local stone or local stone veneer and are capped;
2) That no more than 191 of the 388 total multi-family dwelling units to be constructed on Tract 2 shall be leased or occupied prior to the construction and final inspection of all the brownstones to be constructed on Tract 1 in accordance with the site plan subject to review and approval by the Director of Planning;
3) That a traffic control study be conducted to evaluate the impact of the project;
4) That drainage be reviewed by a third-party engineer;
5) That a buffer be provided at the northeast corner of the project; and
6) That the residents of the brownstones be given a membership to use the amenities in the apartment buildings.
Vote:
Ayes: 6 - Axen, Mainer, Goodwin, Groll, Shaw, and Thompson
Nays: 1 - Gilmore
Absent: |9 10|
If the zoning change is approved by the City Council, the Department of Planning and Development Services recommends that the following additional condition be added to the zoning change request:
ยท That the portion of the parking structure that is not masked by multi-family dwellings and exposed to pedestrian view shall be visually screened by: (i) evergreen vegetative installations and / or (ii) architectur...
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