AGENDA
CITY OF ALLEN
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
July 20, 2021 - 7:00 PM
City Council Chambers
ALLEN CITY HALL
305 CENTURY PARKWAY
ALLEN, TEXAS 75013

Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present
Pledge of Allegiance
Director's Report
1.

Receive the Director's Report on Action Taken on the Planning and Zoning Commission Items by City Council at July 13, 2021, Regular Meeting.

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.

Receive Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Status Report.

3.

Approve Minutes from the July 6, 2021, Planning and Zoning Commission Regular Meeting.

Regular Agenda
4.

Public Hearing - Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider a Request to Establish a Planned Development Zoning District with a Base Zoning of Community Facilities and to Adopt Development Regulations, Concept Plan, and Sign Elevations on Lot 1R, Block A, Ridgeview Memorial Park; Generally Located at the Southwestern Corner of the Intersection of Ridgeview Drive and U.S. Highway 75. (ZN-061821-0007) [Turrentine Jackson Morrow]

5.

Public Hearing - Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider a Request to Amend the Development Regulations of Planned Development No. 55 with a Base Zoning of Commercial/Office for Lot 3R-2, Block A, Millennium Office Park By Amending the Regulations Pertaining to Temporary Events; Generally Located at the Northeastern Corner of the Intersection of Watters Creek Boulevard and Bethany Drive. (ZN-070221-0011) [Marriott - Temporary Events]

6.

Public Hearing - Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider the Proposed Amendments to the Allen Land Development Code relating to (1) Amending Section 4.06., "Changes and Amendments," by providing an expiration date for zoning applications and adding a paragraph relating to city council initiated zoning amendments; (2) Amending Sections 4.08.19, 4.15.1.1, 6.04.1.4, 6.06.9, 6.06.10, and 7.04.1.2 by changing the word "church" to "religious facility" wherever such word appears is said sections; (3) Amending Section 4.10., "Residential accessory use regulations," by amending regulations to remove building permit requirements for accessory structures less than 120 square feet and providing additional setback requirements for structures greater than 400 square feet or greater than 15 feet in height; (4) Amending Article IV, "Zoning Regulations," to add Section 4.11., "Commercial accessory use regulations;" (5) Amending Section 4.15.1, "General height and area provisions,' by amending regulations clarifying certain setbacks; (6) Amending Section 4.15.2., "Schedule of residential height and area regulations," to correct a scrivener's error; (7) Amending Section 4.20.2, "Schedule of Principal Uses," by removing the uses "Beer & Wine Package Sales" "Beer & Wine Package Sales With Greater Than 50% Revenue From Beer & Wine" and "Dance/Martial Arts Studios" and changing "Church, Temple or Rectory" to read "Religious Facility" where it appears; (8) Amending Section 4.20.3., "Schedule of accessory uses," by removing "Gymnastics/Dance Studio" use and adding "Personal Service Business" use; (9) Amending Section 4.20.4, "Schedule of principal uses—Central business district," by changing the word "Church" to read "Religious Facility" , adding "Fitness and Health Center" as a use, adding "Personal Service Business" as a use, and changing the phrase "Restaurant/Private Club" to read "Private Club"; (10) Amending Section 4.20.5, "Schedule of accessory uses - central business district," by amending the use "Fitness and Health Center" to provide additional regulations, and by adding "Personal Service Business" as a use; (11) Amending Section 6.01.1., "Purpose of specific use permits," by to provide that a specific use permit constitutes a zoning amendment; (12) Amending Section 6.03.6., "Restaurants with food and beverage certificates—Permit process," by changing "planning and development department" to read "community development department"; (13) Repealing Section 6.03.8., "Beer and Wine Package Sales—Regulations"; (14) Repealing Section 6.03.9., "Beer and Wine Package Sales Permit Process"; (15) Amending Section 6.04.1.4, "Types of temporary use permits," by amending paragraph a. "Seasonal sales" removing regulations pertaining medical screening to a new paragraph h., and by amending paragraph d. "Temporary event" to provide clarifications regarding its application to parking lot sales; (16) Amending Section 6.06.8., "Outdoor storage and display," by amending regulations pertaining to donation boxes; (17) Amending Section 7.03.4., "Outdoor lighting," to prohibit high pressure sodium lamp types and permit additional types of parking lot lighting elements; (18) Amending Table 7.04.1 in Section 7.04.1. "Vehicle parking," by changing "Church, Temple or Rectory" to read "Religious Facility"; (19) Amending Section 7.04.2., "Off-street loading," by changing "SH 5" to read "Greenville Avenue"; (20) Amending Section 7.07. "Fences and walls," by deleting the reference to "Appendix F" in subsection 2.a, and changing "wrought iron" to read "metal" in subsection 4.f.; (21) Amending Section 7.08., "Performance standards," by adding subparagraph 4.a.v.d) to exclude certain residential devices from the requirements of Section7.08.4.a.; (22) Amending Section 8.03.3 "Preliminary plat," by amending the text of certain required plat notes relating to open space; (23) Amending Section 8.03.4., "Final plat," by amending on the text of certain required plat notes relating to open space; (24) Amending Section 8.11., "Street lights," by amending regulations relating to the types permitted and prohibited streetlight fixtures and related design and installation regulations; (25) Amending Appendix A, "Definitions," by deleting the definitions for the phrases "Beer and Wine Package Sales," "Church, temple or rectory," "Dance/martial arts studio," "Gymnastics training center," and "Personal service," amending the definition of "Personal service business," and adding a definition for "Religious facility"; (26) Renumbering and/or reformatting Sections 6.06.2,, 6.06.3, 6.06.8, 6.06.10. 6.06.11, 6.06.13, 6.06.14, 6.06.15, without changing any text except as otherwise stated in this caption.

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

This notice was posted at Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway, Allen, Texas, at a place convenient and readily accessible to the public at all times. Said notice was posted on Friday, July 16, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.



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Shelley B. George, City Secretary




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