Min - Planning and Zoning Commission - 2016 - 03/15 - RegularMarch 15, 2016
PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
March 15, 2016
CITY OF ALLEN
ATTENDANCE:
Commissioners Present:
Jeff Cocking, Chair
Ben Trahan, 1" Vice -Chair
Stephen Platt, Jr, 2"d Vice -Chair
Luke Hollingsworth
Shirley Mangrum
Michael Orr
John Ogrizovich
Absent
City Staff Present:
Shawn Poe, PE, Assistant Director of Engineering
Tiffany McLeod, AICP, Senior Planner
Madhuri Mohan (Kulkarni), AICP, Planner
Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present:
With a quorum of the Commissioners present, Chairman Cocking called the meeting to order at 7:00
p.m.in the City Hall Council Chambers Room at Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway.
Director's Repor[
1. Action taken on the Planning & Zoning Commission items by City Council at the March 8, 2016,
regular meeting, attached.
Consent Agenda (Routine P&Z business. Consent Agenda is approved by a single majority vote. Items
may be removed for open discussion by a request from a Commission member or member of staff.)
2. Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Status Report.
3. Approve minutes from the March 1, 2016, regular meeting.
Motion: Upon a motion by 2"d Vice -Chair
Platt,
and
a second
by
Commissioner Mangrum, the Commission
voted
7 IN
FAVOR, and
0
OPPOSED to approve the Consent Agenda.
1 The motion carried.
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Regular Agenda
4. Combination Plat — Consider a request for a Combination Plat for RCCG Christ Throne Addition,
Lots I and 2, Block A, being 2.587± acres situated in the D.B. Heame Survey, Abstract No. 427, City
of Allen, Collin County, Texas; located on the southwest comer of Bethany Drive and Maxwell Creek
Drive. (FP -10/20/15-77) [RCCG Christ Throne Addition]
Ms. Madhuri Kulkarni, Planner, presented the item to the Commission. She stated that the item is a
Combination Plat for RCCG Christ Throne Addition.
The property is located at the southwest comer of Bethany Drive and Maxwell Creek Drive. The
properties to the south and east are zoned Planned Development PD No. 65 for Single Family Residential
R-7. The properties to the north (across Bethany Drive) and west are zoned Local Retail LR.
Ms. Kulkami stated that a Site Plan for a church was approved in August, 2015. Platting the site is the last
step in the development process. She explained that the Combination Plat shows approximately 2.6±
acres subdivided into two (2) lots. Lot 1 will develop into the church site. Lot 2 contains an existing cell
tower facility. There is one (1) access point for both lots on Bethany Drive. The plat also shows rights-of-
way dedication and various easements required for development of Lot 1.
The Combination Plat has been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee and meets the
requirements of the Allen Land Develoomenr Code.
Motion: Upon a motion by Commissioner Orr and a second by Commissioner
Ogrizovich, the Commission voted 7 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED to
approve the Combination Plat for RCCG Christ Throne Addition, Lots 1
and 2, Block A, being 2.587± acres of land located on the southwest corner of
Bethany Drive and Maxwell Creek Drive.
The motion carried.
5. Preliminary Plat— Consider a Preliminary Plat for Montgomery Ridge Phase 2, being 90.816± acres
situated in the Thomas G. Kennedy Survey, Abstract No. 500, City of Allen, Collin County, Texas;
generally located south of Bethany Drive and west of U.S. Highway 75. (PP -1/26/16-13)
[Montgomery Ridge Ph. 2]
Ms. Madhuri Kulkami, Planner, presented the item to the Commission. She stated that the item is a
Preliminary Plat for Montgomery Ridge Phase 2.
The property is generally located south of Bethany Drive and west of U.S. Highway 75. The property
to the north is zoned Planned Development PD No. 76 Townhome Residential (TH). The property to the
east is zoned Planned Development PD No. 99 Mixed Use (MIX) and Planned Development PD No. 66
Corridor Commercial (CC). The property to the south is zoned Floodplain — Community Facilities (FP -
CF) and Agriculture Open Space AO. The property to the west is zoned Planned Development PD No. 74
Single Family Residential R-7 and Agriculture Open Space AO.
Ms.
Kulkami said
that the Concept Plan
for Montgomery Ridge
Phase
2, intended to be a
unique mixed-
use
development
with office, housing,
and retail/commercial
uses,
was approved in
August 2015.
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Preliminary platting is the next phase in the development process. The subject Preliminary Plat,
approximately 90.816± acres, shows the property subdivided into 15 blocks.
The main access point for the development is Montgomery Boulevard; which currently connects to
Bethany Drive and will ultimately connect to US 75. The plat also shows various easements required for
development of the site.
The Preliminary Plat has been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee, is consistent with the PD
Concept Plan and meets the requirements of the Allen Land Development Code.
Commissioner Ogrizovich asked when Montgomery Ridge was brought forth a year ago, did it always
intend to have 25' lots?
Ms. Kulkami said yes, the townhomes were a part of the Concept Plan that was adopted.
Commissioner Ogrizovich asked if these were going to be multi -units.
Ms. Kulkami said yes, they will be townhomes.
Commissioner Ogrizovich asked if they were three-plex or four-plex.
I" Vice -Chair Trahan said they would be single-family attached.
Ms. Tiffany McLeod, Senior Planner, said they will be in clusters of three to six, and will be platted as
individual townhome lots.
Commissioner Ogrizovich then said that there is an Ashton Woods sign in that area. Are they building
these townhomes or the homes to the west?
Ms. McLeod said that Ashton Woods is building Phase 1 to the west.
Leland Montgomery, representing the Montgomery Family, said that the townhomes were always part of
the plan. They wanted to create a mixed -used area, and the townhomes serve as a transition between the
single-family to the west and the multi -family to the east. One of the concerns during the zoning was the
single-family homes facing the multi -family, and the townhomes solved that. It was approved as part of
the plan. Mr. Montgomery confirmed that Ashton Woods is responsible for Phase 1 and said that model
homes will be ready later this spring or in the summer. He further stated that a preliminary plat approval
process would have to take place before they can select a builder for the townhomes. They have already
selected the multi -family developer.
Commissioner Ogrizovich recalled the concerns from the Montgomery Farm project regarding the smaller
lots close to the larger homes. He assumed that everyone is comfortable with these townhomes adjacent to
the Ashton Woods homes.
Ms. McLeod said that the configuration shown on this Preliminary Plat is consistent with the
Montgomery Ridge Phase 2 Concept Plan which shows the rows of townhomes adjacent to the single-
family detached homes.
Commissioner Ogrizovich then asked if the intent on the other 7.8 acre piece is for multi -family.
Mr. Montgomery answered yes. He explained that the mix of housing types is appropriate.
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Chairman Cocking asked if this plat includes open space areas within the same percentage as the Concept
Plan. There was a park area in front of the townhomes and it seems to be missing.
Ms. Kulkami said that it is consistent with the Concept Plan.
Ms. McLeod said open space was shifted around, but consistent with the Concept Plan.
Motion: Upon a motion by I" Vice -Chair Trahan and a second by Commissioner
Hollingsworth, the Commission voted 7 IN FAVOR, and 0 OPPOSED to
approve the Preliminary Plat for Montgomery Ridge Phase 2, being a
90.816± acre portion of land generally located south of Bethany Drive and
west of U.S. Highway 75.
The motion carried.
Executive Session (As Needed)
As authorized by Section 551.071(2) of the Texas Government Code, this meeting may be convened into
closed Executive Session for the purpose of seeking confidential legal advice from the City Attorney on
any agenda item listed herein.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 7:12 p.m.
this lq+'� day of J 2016.
11 Madhuri Mohe (Kulkami), AICP, Planner
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• Director's Report from 3/8/2016 City Council Meeting
The request to adopt an Ordinance amending the Allen Land Development Code amending
Definitions to provide a definition for Restaurant (No Drive-in or Through) and by amending
Section 6.03.5 establishing an exception to the distance separation for certain Restaurants (No
Drive-in or Through) or Restaurant (with Drive-through) from a Church, School or Hospital,
subject to certain conditions, was approved.
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