Title
Ordinance - Third and Final Reading on an Ordinance Approving a Change of Zoning from 2F Two Family Residential District to PD Planned Development District for Single-Family Residential Uses on Approximately 0.316 Acres Being a Portion of Block 31, Original Town of Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX, Located at 300 S. 2nd Ave; Jacqueline Hughes (ZC#17-017)
Requested Action
To consider the subject zoning change request.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on October 2, 2017, and voted 5-0 (Bob Klenzendorf and Kent Knight absent) to recommend approval, with the conditions that the fence height be reduced to 3’ and that the applicant provide a 10’ x 10’ right-of-way corner clip at the intersection of Kimball Street and 2nd Avenue. The applicant has submitted revised plans that include these changes, however staff notes that the proposed fence graphic shows fence posts and gates that are taller than 3’.
Description/History
First Reading
The subject property consists of 0.316 acres and is located on the south side of W. Kimball Street and the west side of S. 2nd Avenue. Earlier in 2017, the applicant demolished a residential structure and plans to construct two new single-family residences on the property. One residence will front on Kimball Street and the other residence will front on Second Avenue. The applicant has proposed a minimum lot width of 60 feet, with the interior lot being approximately 60 feet wide and the corner lot being approximately 80 feet wide, both as measured at the Kimball Street frontage. The interior residence will include a porch and two-car attached garage facing Kimball Street and the corner residence will include a porch and two-car attached garage facing Second Avenue. The applicant will remove all the existing trees on the property except for one straddling the south property line. The applicant will also plant three new trees in the front of the corner residence (either in the front yard ...
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