HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1982 - 05/10 - WorkshopALLEN CITY COUNCIL
CALLED - SPECIAL WORK SHOP SESSION
May 10, 1982
Present:
Council Members:
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Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem
Jim McClure
H. R. Daugherty (arrived at 6:15 p.m.)
Don Rodenbaugh
Ward Paxton
Dennis Offutt
Absent:
Mickey Pierson, Mayor
City Staff:
Jon McCarty, City Manager
Marty Hendrix, City Secretary
Bill Petty, Building Official
The called - special workshop session of the Allen
City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer
at 5:40 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 1982, at Rountree Elementary
School, 800 E. Main Street.
The City Staff posted the charts of the "key items"
for planning and development as proposed by each Council
.M%W Member at the last workshop session.
The Council reviewed the charts and discussed setting
about to develop some policies for planning and development
for the City of Allen.
The proposed policy categories recommended by the Council
were residential, industrial, commercial, open space (recreational),
and procedures.
The Council took each policy category, reviewed it, dis-
cussed it, and set up guidelines for such as outlined below:
I. Residential
A. Establish percentage targets for housing
densities on a yearly basis.
Proposed target percentages for 1990 include:
R - 2 88
R - 3 338
R - 4 248
f R - 5 208
greater than R - 5 158
B. Promote ranch estates type development.
II. Industrial
A. Place industrial tracts within the city
limits and the Allen Independent School District.
B. Identify two or more industrial tracts and
promote developments. (300 - 500 acres each)
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III. Commercial
A. No strip zoning for commercial development.
B. Promote higher levels of commercial zoning
around residential areas.
s Due to the nearness of the time limit on this meeting,
the Council concluded their discussions on the policy categories
with the commercial developments, and discussed setting the next
work shop session for the remaining categories.
The City Council requested that the City Staff prepare
a square footage chart of existing housing (excluding the Old
Donation) within the City of Allen and to categorize those as
they would apply to each of the residential zoning districts
by housing size.
The Council also requested that City Staff prepare some
examples of policies,for their review,as shown in the City
of Irvine, California, Comprehensive Plan.
The called - special work shop session was adjourned at
9:20 p.m.
These minutes approved on the 20th day of May
1982.
Marty Hendrix CITY SECRETARY
Jo Farmer, MAYOR PRO TEM
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