Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading on an Ordinance Approving a Zoning Change from PR & SF-12/22 to PD for Multi-Family, Single-Family, Townhouse, Park and Limited Commercial Uses on Approximately 31.1 Acres, Generally Located East of North Street, South of Newt Patterson Road and West of N. Main Street; Realty Capital Management, LLC (ZC#14-013)
Requested Action
To consider the subject zoning change request.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on January 20, 2015, and voted 3-2 (Neuman & Hudson against) to recommend approval subject to the following changes: Increase the percentage of brick/stone on the facades, provide a phase map, provide a use chart for the C-2 uses, and specify the height to not exceed 4 stories. Vice-Chairman Dodson and Commissioner Polozola were absent.
Description/History
The applicant has provided the changes recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission in the current PD development standards.
In 2007 the City adopted A Vision and Action Plan for Historic Mansfield. In that plan, there are four goals necessary to accomplish the vision. Those goals are as follows:
1. Revitalize Neighborhoods in Historic Mansfield;
2. Preserve Historic Mansfield’s Authentic, Unique Built Environment;
3. Make Historic Mansfield a Gathering Spot; and
4. Create a Thriving Business Environment
The intersection of N Main St and Newt Patterson is the entrance to Historic Mansfield. The proposed development will help satisfy Goals 1, 3 and 4 in the Vision and Action Plan.
This tract of land was included in the Historic Mansfield TIRZ because it was vacant and would likely develop as something other than single-family. It will bring enormous increment value to the TIRZ Fund.
The PD is comprised of 12 different zones. The chart on page 9 of the PD summarizes each zone, but in short, there are three different types of zones: 1) Frontage Zones located along N Main Street, Newt Patterson Road and North Street...
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