Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading on an Ordinance Approving a Zoning Change from 2F Two Family Residential District to PD Planned Development District for Single-Family Residential Uses on Approximately 0.505 Acres Known as Lots 11 & 12 and a Portion of Lot 10, Block 31, Original Town of Mansfield, Tarrant County, TX, Generally Located at 305 & 307 W. Kimball Sreet. and 304 S. Second Avenue; Mansfield Custom Homes (ZC#17-015)
Requested Action
To consider the subject zoning change request.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on September 5, 2017, and voted 7-0 to recommend approval.
Description/History
First Reading
The subject property consists of 0.505 acres and is located on the south side of Kimball Street at 3rd Avenue. Earlier in 2017, the applicant demolished two single-family residential structures and plans to construct two new single-family residences on the property. Both residences will front on Kimball Street. Each lot will be approximately 55 feet wide at the street frontage upon platting. Each new residence will include a porch along the front facade as well. The residences will be served by a shared driveway from Kimball Street that will travel between the two residences and connect to attached, rear-loaded, 2-car garages proposed for each residence. The applicant will remove all the existing trees on the property and plant one tree in the front of each residence, and two trees in the rear of each residence.
The applicant is seeking to re-zone the property from 2F to PD to allow deviations from a number of regulations relating to minimum lot width, minimum front and side setbacks, and architectural requirements. The deviations are based on the zoning district SF-7.5/16. Some of the more significant deviations are a minimum lot width of 55 feet (from 65 feet), a minimum front yard setback of 10 feet (from 25 feet), a minimum side yard setback of 5 feet (from 5 & 10 feet), allowing a 4:12 ro...
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