Title
Public Hearing to Consider 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 155.074 “T, Toll Road 360 Form-based Development District” (OA#23-002)
Requested Action
To consider the subject ordinance text amendments.
Recommendation
As proposed, the T, Toll Road 360 Form-based Development District is intended to guide development along property fronting Toll Road 360 generally to the east of the toll road and the south of Lone Star Road. A form-based development district, the emphasis of the T, Toll Road 360 Form-based Development District is on building form, building frontage, and building design. Similar to other form-based development districts adopted by the City, including the D, Downtown District, and the S, South Mansfield Form-based Development District, the T, Toll Road 360 Form-based Development District is structured using the rural-to-urban transect to achieve specific development patterns along a gradient that increases in intensity as the built environment becomes more urban in character and intense in land use. As directed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the latest version of the T, Toll Road 360 Form-based Development District addresses the location of ground floor commercial uses with strategic intention and a purposeful understanding of existing and future market conditions; ensures that connectivity between properties that would potentially be guided by its provisions and those in adjacency; continues the community’s trajectory for elevated placemaking standards; and provides flexibility needed to ensure that highly visible properties along Toll Road 360 are designed and developed in a manner that is both consistent with the forthcoming Future Land Use Plan and that leverages distinct opportunities for regionally-oriented mixed-use development. The Department of Planning and Development Services recommends that the text a...
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