02-15-2005 (Planning & Zoning) Agenda Packet Planning & Zoning
Commission
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City of Wylie
February 15 , 2005
Regular Business Meeting
AGENDA
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WYLIE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
2000 Highway 78 North Wylie,Texas 75098
Tuesday,February 15,2005
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes from the February 1, 2005 Regular Meeting.
ACTION AGENDA
1. Consider and act upon approval of a Site Plan for expansion of existing WISD Administration
Building located at 951 Ballard Street, being all of a 35.844 acre tract of land conveyed to Wylie
I.S.D. by deed recorded in Volume 684, Page 895, Deed Records of Collin County, Texas, and
being part of a 14.595 acre tract of land conveyed to the Wylie I.S.D. by deed recorded in Volume
920, Page 371, Deed Records of Collin County, Texas.
2. Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Preliminary Plat for WISD
Administration Building. Subject property being all of a 35.844 acre tract of land conveyed to
Wylie I.S.D. by deed recorded in Volume 684, Page 895, Deed Records of Collin County, Texas,
and being part of a 14.595 acre tract of land conveyed to the Wylie I.S.D. by deed recorded in
Volume 920, Page 371, Deed Records of Collin County, Texas.
3. Consider a Review of the Comprehensive Plan and initiate a public review and hearing
process.
ADJOURNMENT
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THE WYLIE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IS WHEELCHAIR ACC SIBLE. SIGN INTERPRETATION OR OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DISABLED ATTEND
MUST BE REQUESTED 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE BY CONTACTING THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 442-8100 OR TDD AT 442-8170.
MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
WYLIE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
2000 Highway 78 North
Wylie, Texas 75098
February 1, 2005
Notice was posted in the time and manner required by law and quorum was present.
Commission Members Present: Staff Members Present:
Eric Alexander Claude Thompson, Director
Dave Hennesey Renae' 011ie, Ass't Planner
Dennis Larson
Chris Seely
Commission Members Absent: Staff Members Absent:
Don Hughes Mary V. Bradley, Secretary
Red Byboth
Kathy Spillyards
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Seely called the work session to order at 7:13PM.
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chairman Seely gave the invocation and Commissioner Larson led the pledge of
allegiance.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Mike Fasang, who resides at 2601 Sachse Road in Wylie, commented that he is against
high density development such as the proposed Herzog Development. Asked that the
board listen to what the people are saying.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes from the January 4, 2005 Regular
Meeting.
A motion was made by Commissioner Larson, and seconded by Commissioner Hennesey,
to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion carried 4—0.
P & Z Commission Meeting
February 2, 2005
Page 2 of 3
WORK SESSION
Thompson discussed comprehensive plans from surrounding cities (i.e., Frisco,
McKinney, Murphy, Plano, Sachse, and Richardson).
The comprehensive plan was further discussed and the Planning and Zoning Commission
recommended certain revisions to the Plan in order to align it more closely with both
future community goals and the realities of existing land development patterns.
A more vehicular-oriented land use allocation criteria will be substituted for the current
pedestrian-oriented "Village Center" philosophy of the Plan. This is believed to be more
appropriate for the realities of Wylie's natural land character and existing rural development
pattern, and will result in less commercial uses and lower-density residential developments.
Retail and commercial uses will be limited and oriented to major traffic corridors for vehicular
access and to avoid impacting residential areas, including a hierarchy of development patterns.
• Neighborhood services such as convenience goods and personal services will be located
at 4 or 6 lane divided thoroughfare or at 4-way intersections and limited to less than 10
acres.
• Community retail offers comparison/shoppers goods in centers of about 30 acres and will
be limited to three areas—the new Town Center at SH 78 and FM 544,FM 544 at CR
1378/Hooper and SH 78 and Park Blvd/Spring Creek.
• Diverse and intensive mixture of commercial uses will be allocated along the major
traffic corridors of SH 78 and FM 544,but designed in unified clusters.
Residential development patterns will provide three density levels in attempt to provide a
balanced variety of housing options.
• High-density residential, including small-lot detached and collective attached
dwellings,will be allocated to infill areas already developed or zoned for such
densities and house types.
• New residential developments will be limited to three density levels, and located by
their distance from traffic corridors
- 10,000 sf lots with 2,400 sf houses
-20,000 sf lots with 2,600 sf houses
-acreage lots with 3,000 sf houses.
Industrial uses will be divided into two types.
• Light industrial will accommodate assembly and warehousing/distribution
envisioned by the Business Center zoning, largely within existing centers platted for
smaller developments
• Heavy industrial will accommodate manufacturing within campus settings
envisioned by the Industrial zoning.
P &Z Commission Meeting
February 2, 2005
Page 3 of 3
Institutional and public/semi-public uses may be located within any use areas, as appropriate to
best service the other land uses which they support but designed to be compatible with
surrounding uses.
If the above criteria are acceptable,the Planning and Zoning Commission is prepared to initiate
the public review and hearing process required by State law for the adoption of these Plan
revisions. Once the Plan is revised,the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations will be
revised accordingly.
MISCELLANEOUS
Thompson distributed material that showed the comparison of proportion of multi-family
housing to total in the DFW metropolitan area. The Council will consider two requests to
waive the alley requirement at their next meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Commissioner Byboth, and seconded by Commissioner
Hennessey,to adjourn the meeting at 8:00PM.
Chris Seely, Chairman Renae 011ie, Assistant City Planner
CITY OF WYLIE
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Item No. Meeting Date: February 15,2005
Consent Case Name: WISD Administration Building
Action 1 Prepared By: Renae' 011ie
Public Hearing Exhibits: Site Plan
Miscellaneous
Other
AGENDA SUBJECT:
Consider and act upon approval of a Site Plan for expansion of existing WISD Administration Building located
at 951 Ballard Street, being all of a 35.844 acre tract of land conveyed to Wylie I.S.D. and being part of a 14.595
acre tract of land conveyed to the Wylie I.S.D.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
SUMMARY:
The applicant is proposing to expand the existing WISD Administration Building. Existing temporary buildings
will be relocated to accommodate the new expansion. The Site Plan complies with all applicable technical
requirements of the City of Wylie.
A 55' right-of-way will be dedicated for Ballard Street, and a 50' right-of-way will be dedicated for Pirate
Drive.
A Preliminary Plat is on the current agenda for consideration.
APPROVED BY: Initial Date
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CITY OF WYLIE
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Item No. Meeting Date: February 15, 2005
Consent Case Name: WISD Administration Building
Action 2 Prepared By: Renae' 011ie
Public Hearing Exhibits: Preliminary Plat
Miscellaneous
Other
AGENDA SUBJECT:
Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Preliminary Plat for expansion of existing WISD
Administration Building located at 951 Ballard Street,being all of a 35.844 acre tract of land conveyed to Wylie
I.S.D. and being part of a 14.595 acre tract of land conveyed to the Wylie I.S.D.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
SUMMARY:
The applicant is proposing to expand the existing WISD Administration Building. Existing temporary buildings
will be relocated to accommodate the new expansion. The Preliminary Plat complies with all applicable
technical requirements of the City of Wylie.
A 55' right-of-way will be dedicated for Ballard Street, and a 50' right-of-way will be dedicated for Pirate
Drive.
A Site Plan is on the current agenda for consideration.
APPROVED BY: Initial Date
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CITY OF WYLIE
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
Agenda Item No. Meeting Date: February 15,2005
Consent Case Name: Comprehensive Plan Review
Action 3 Prepared By: Renae' 011ie
Public Hearing Exhibits:
Miscellaneous
Other
AGENDA SUBJECT:
Initiate a public review and hearing process as required by State law for the adoption of these Comprehensive
Plan revisions.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval
SUMMARY:
The State law requires that zoning and other development-related regulation must be in accordance with a
Comprehensive Plan. The current Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wylie was adopted in July of 1999.
Implementation of that Plan has revealed some areas of concern and/or improvement. The following revisions
are recommended in order to align the Plan more closely with both future community goals and the realities of
existing land development patterns.
1. A more vehicular-oriented land use allocation criteria will be substituted for the current pedestrian-oriented
"Village Center"philosophy of the Plan. This is believed to be more appropriate for the realities of
Wylie's natural land character and existing rural development pattern, and will result is less commercial
uses and lower-density residential developments.
APPROVED BY: Initial Date
Department Director: CT \ 02/11/05
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AGENDA SUBJECT:
Initiate a public review and hearing process as required by State law for the adoption of these Comprehensive
Plan revisions.
SUMMARY (Continued):
2. Retail and commercial uses will be limited and oriented to major traffic corridors for vehicular access
and to avoid impacting residential areas, including a hierarchy of development patterns.
• Neighborhood services such as convenience goods and personal services will be limited to less
than 10 acres at major intersections.
• Community retail offer comparison/shoppers goods in centers of about 30 acres and will be limited
to three areas—the new Town Center at SH 78 and FM 544, FM 544 at CR 1378/Hooper and SH
78 and Park Blvd/Spring Creek.
• Diverse and intensive mixture of commercial uses will be allocated along the major traffic corridors
of SH 78 and FM 544, but designed in unified clusters.
3. Residential development patterns will provide three density levels in attempt to provide a balanced
variety of housing options.
• High-density residential, including small-lot detached and collective attached dwellings, will be
allocated to infill areas already developed or zoned for such densities and house types.
• New residential developments will be limited to three density levels, and located by their distance
from traffic corridors
- 10,000 sf lots with minimum 2,400 sf houses
- 20,000 sf lots with minimum 2,600 sf houses
- acreage lots with minimum 3,000 sf houses.
4. Industrial uses will be divided into two types.
• Light industrial will accommodate assembly and warehousing/distribution envisioned by the
Business Center zoning, largely within existing centers platted for smaller developments
• Heavy industrial will accommodate manufacturing within campus settings envisioned by the
Industrial zoning.
5. Institutional and public/semi-public uses may be located within any use areas, as appropriate to best
service the other land uses which they support but designed to be compatible with surrounding uses.
Once the Plan is revised, the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations will be revised accordingly.
M e mo
City of Wylie
To: Planning and Zoning Commissioners
From: Mary Bradley THRU: Claude Thompson
Planning Director
Date: February 4,2005
Re: Comprehensive Plan
Attached is City Council communiqué and backup for recommended revisions to the
Comprehensive Plan from the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Council will
discuss and provide some direction on the revisions at their February 8, 2005
meeting. This is NOT A JOINT WORK SESSION; therefore, P&Z will not be officially
convened. You are welcome to attend this meeting, but refrain from discussing the
item openly in groups of more than 3 Commissioners, and the work session will not
be posted for P &Z.
If you have questions please feel free to contact Claude at 972.442.8159.
Also, attached is a contact sheet with telephone numbers for staff and
commissioners. If you have questions, please contact me at 972.442.8158.
2000 Highway 78 North * Wylie,Texas 75098 * (972)442-8158 * Fax(972)442-8115
Item No.
CITY OF WYLIE City Secretary's Use Only
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
MEETING FOR:
Regular X Meeting of: February 2, 2005
Special Called Meeting Department: Planning
Prepared By: Claude Thompson
Date Prepared: February 8, 2005
Exhibits: 1
AGENDA SUBJECT:
Hold a work session to consider and provide direction regarding revision of the Comprehensive Plan.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Planning and Zoning Commission voted on February 2, 2005 to recommend certain revisions to the Plan.
SUMMARY:
The State law requires that zoning and other development-related regulation must be"in accordance with a
Comprehensive Plan. The current Comprehensive Plan for the City of Wylie was adopted in July of 1999.
Implementation of that Plan has revealed some areas of concern and/or improvement, and the Planning and
Zoning Commission recommends certain revisions to the Plan in order to align it more closely with both future
community goals and the realities of existing land development patterns. Council's direction is requested
concerning the following issues:
1. A more vehicular-oriented land use allocation criteria will be substituted for the current pedestrian-oriented
"Village Center" philosophy of the Plan. This is believed to be more appropriate for the realities of
Wylie's natural land character and existing rural development pattern, and will result is less commercial
uses and lower-density residential developments.
2. Retail and commercial uses will be limited and oriented to major traffic corridors for vehicular access and
to avoid impacting residential areas, including a hierarchy of development patterns.
• Neighborhood services such as convenience goods and personal services will be limited to less than 10
acres at major intersections.
• Community retail offer comparison/shoppers goods in centers of about 30 acres and will be limited to
three areas—the new Town Center at SH 78 and FM 544, FM 544 at CR 1378/Hooper and SH 78 and
Park Blvd/Snrinu Creek
APPROVED BY: Initial Date
Department Director: CT \ 02/02/05
City Manager: \
AGENDA SUBJECT:
Hold a work session to consider and provide direction regarding revision of the Comprehensive Plan.
SUMMARY:
• Diverse and intensive mixture of commercial uses will be allocated along the major traffic corridors
of SH 78 and FM 544, but designed in unified clusters.
3. Residential development patterns will provide three density levels in attempt to provide a balanced
variety of housing options.
• High-density residential, including small-lot detached and collective attached dwellings, will be
allocated to infill areas already developed or zoned for such densities and house types.
• New residential developments will be limited to three density levels, and located by their distance
from traffic corridors
- 10,000 sf lots with 2,400 sf houses
- 20,000 sf lots with 2,600 sf houses
- acreage lots with 3,000 sf houses.
4. Industrial uses will be divided into two types.
• Light industrial will accommodate assembly and warehousing/distribution envisioned by the
Business Center zoning, largely within existing centers platted for smaller developments
• Heavy industrial will accommodate manufacturing within campus settings envisioned by the
Industrial zoning.
5. Institutional and public/semi-public uses may be located within any use areas, as appropriate to best service
the other land uses which they support but designed to be compatible with surrounding uses.
If the above criteria is acceptable, the Planning and Zoning Commission is prepared to initiate the public
review and hearing process required by State law for the adoption of these Plan revisions. Once the Plan is
revised, the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations will be revised accordingly.
Some lands are already zoned and/or platted for uses other than those recommended by the Comprehensive
Plan as well as these revisions. If platted,these have a legal right to develop to the code which was in effect at
the time of platting and may be developed as previously anticipated regardless of the recommendations of the
Plan. However, lands which are not yet platted have no vested rights and must be developed in full
compliance with these revisions and the development requirements of the current Zoning Ordinance.
Financial considerations: NA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
LAND USE DISTRIBUTION PHILOSOPHY
The Comprehensive Plan provides general guidelines for the appropriate location and concentration of
development for the major types of land uses, and, thereby, provides a basis for planning public
services and infrastructure,within Wylie and its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. The Plan offers
generalized criteria for the testing of zoning regulations and requests for changes in current use, as well
as for evaluating newly arising issues and uses. Both the quality and quantity of public as well as
private development can be directed by the philosophy of the Plan, in order to determine how best to
utilize Wylie's only nonexpendable resource—our land.
The following philosophy provides criteria for allocating commercial, residential, industrial and public
land uses within the Comprehensive Plan. Application of these criteria will assure the suitability of
future land development patterns to achieve the common goals of both the public and private sectors.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial land uses provide retail goods and personal services as well as employment opportunities
to support the local residential population, and public sales tax revenues to supplement property taxes.
However, commercial uses are also major traffic generators, and these uses should be located along
thoroughfares, preferably at major street intersections, to avoid negatively impacting residential
neighborhoods. Wylie's potential to support commercial land uses is constrained by its limited
ultimate population and the competition of near-by regional-scale commercial centers. To serve the
future population, three types of commercial categories are proposed, defined by their primary service
function and named by the appropriate zoning classification of the current Zoning Ordinance.
Neighborhood Services
These are retail/office centers smaller than 10 acres intended to serve immediately adjacent residential
neighborhoods with convenience goods and services, and accommodate the uses of the Neighborhood
Services (NS) and Office(0) zoning. These uses should be clustered in unified centers and designed
to reflect the character of the adjacent neighborhoods which they serve. The centers should be located
at one or two corners of 4-way intersections of major thoroughfares(4 to 6 lanes), approximately two
miles apart.
Community Retail
Community commercial centers serve the populations of several residential neighborhoods with
comparison shoppers' goods as well as convenience goods and personal services. These should
accommodate the uses of the Community Retail (CR)zoning, be unified in plan and design, and be
located at major intersections. The growing commercial complex at SH 78 and FM 544 should be
encouraged to become Wylie's New Town Center, attracting the broadest diversity of commercial
functions and reflecting the community's overall character as its central place and focal point. Other
community retail centers should be more residential in character to blend with adjacent neighborhoods
and subordinate to and not competing with the Town Center, and these should be located on SH 78 at
Park Blvd. and FM 544 at CR 1378/Country Club.
Mixed-Use Corridor Commercial
This category should be the most diverse and intensive mixture of commercial uses. These uses are
located along major thoroughfares to accommodate easiest vehicular access. They accommodate the
broadly-varied uses of the current Corridor Commercial (CC)zoning district, from convenience retail
and services to light industry. Such uses are planned and constructed as common"strip" developments
or independent free-standing establishments with common joint/cross access, but are guided by design
regulations of the Zoning Ordinance and screened from residential adjacency.
RESIDENTIAL
Wylie has historically been primarily a residential settlement, and most of its remaining land is suitable
for a variety of housing types. Wylie should continue to grow as a"bed-room community, with
residential as the principal land use, while providing a balanced variety of housing opportunities.
Future residential development should be planned to provide a choice of dwelling types but in
compatible neighborhoods which reflect this historic low-density rural character. This philosophy
demands that less land be allocated to nonresidential service uses, but more to roads, parks, and
schools and other residential-support uses. Three levels of residential density are proposed, based on
the current zoning classifications.
High-Density Residential
This category includes small-lot detached and collectively attached dwellings, and should be limited to
infill areas already developed or zoned for such densities and housing types with no expansion.
Variances from the current code regulations may be required to accommodate such in-fill development
or the redevelopment of older areas developed in compliance with earlier codes.
Medium-Density Residential
This category includes only detached single-family dwellings of not more than 4 dwelling units per
acre. These designed as traditional suburban residential neighborhoods located closest to vehicular
thoroughfares and urban services such as retail, schools and parks.
Low-Density Residential
This category is to accommodate the rural residential development, with lots exceeding 1-acre in size.
Such lots need not accommodate agriculture uses, and must be 2 acres or larger to accommodate
livestock or cultivated crops. These areas may have rural/estate streets with no curb or subsurface
drainage, and be furthest from thoroughfares.
INDUSTRIAL
Industrial land uses primarily provide employment for the local population while providing
manufactured products for the region and world beyond, as well as generating private revenues
through employment and sales and public revenues through taxes. Industrial uses can generally be
divided into two categories, depending on the intensity of the operations and their consequences, and
their locational requirements depend on such impacts.
Heavy Industry
Heavy industry generally includes the more-intensive processing and manufacturing of raw materials
into usable products, and such operations normally create the most obnoxious consequences. Heavy
industry requires access to regional transportation(highways and rail) and resources (water) as well as
special utilities, and should be isolated or buffered from other land uses on larger campus settings. The
northeast area of Wylie, as well as the existing Premier Business Park in the southwest, provide these
unique locational criteria. This category corresponds to the Industrial (I)District of the current Zoning
Ordinance.
Light Industry
Light industry includes less-intensive assembly, warehousing and distribution of products, as well as
people-based office-oriented operations and even intensive commercial activity. These uses are related
to the Business Center(BC)zoning district, although setback requirements of the BC must be adjusted
to accommodate the platted smaller lots. Such operations can be located on the smaller lots within
existing Century, Regency and Wyndham industrial districts, as well as the expansion of the Wyndham
area toward the north.
INSTITUTIONAL/PUBLIC AND SEMI-PUBLIC
All private development requires certain public or quasi-public support use, which must be planned in
coordination with the private uses.
Municipal Uses
Some municipal uses(such as business offices) need to be centrally located and equally accessible by
all residents, while others(such as fire stations) need to be decentralized and equally accessible to all
residences. New municipal offices should be located within or adjacent to the planned Town Center to
help enforce the image of this area as Wylie's central address and destination place.
Utilities(such as water and energy) have unique design criteria which largely dictate their location.
Public utilities must be within or adjacent to the other land uses which they serve, but should be
located as well as designed so as to blend with rather than detract from the character of the surrounding
primary uses.
Streets and roads make development possible, and their capacity largely dictate(or are dictated by)the
potential density/intensity of the various uses of land. Thoroughfares should be planned in accordance
with the current Thoroughfare Plan and Engineering Design Standards.
Schools and Houses of Worship
Schools and day care operations as well as churches and other religious instructions generally belong
in proximity to the residential populations which they serve. However, as major traffic generators,
these institutional uses should be placed to the exterior of residential neighborhoods and clustered
together when possible.
Parks and Recreation
Public parks and recreational facilities should be located in accordance with the adopted Parks,
Recreation and Open Space Master Plan. Both public and private leisure amenities should be designed
as an asset to the residential uses rather than detract from them with traffic and other nuisances.
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