Title
Ordinance - Public Hearing Continuation and Final Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 155 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Mansfield, “Zoning” by Amending Special Purpose District Regulations and Creating a New Section 155.073 “S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District” (OA#22-003)
Requested Action
To consider the subject ordinance amendments.
Recommendation
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on June 6, 2022 and voted 5 to 0 to recommend approval. (Commissioners Axen and Gilmore were absent.)
Staff recommends approval with the revisions (see redlines in the attached draft ordinance).
First Reading
City Council voted to table this case at the June 13, 2022, meeting. Staff proposed revisions to the draft ordinance to clarify the provisions for a development agreement and special land assemblage plans.
Description/History
The S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District, is a proposed zoning district that intends “to enable and to encourage a development pattern that is compact, mixed-use, walkable, and sustainable” and also intends “to create and to reinforce a world-class entertainment destination, that is in proximity to national and multi-national corporations and small employers, and will promote the expansion of premium retail, restaurant, residential, office, and cultural choices”.
This form-based development district is based on the methodologies of the rural-to-urban transect. The rural-to-urban transect is a cross-section of the human environment showing a range of different habitats from the most rural to the most urban condition. The rural-to-urban transect of the human environment used in the S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District is divided into four distinct transect zones, which are as follows:
1. The T-3, urban edge transect zones, shall consist of primarily of low intensity residential areas with some mixed-use.
2. The T-4, urban transition transect zones, shall consi...
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