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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 112 acres located northeast of the intersection of E. Palm Valley Boulevard and N. Mays Street from the PF-3 (Public Facilities - High Intensity) zoning district to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 154 zoning district. (First Reading)*
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Proposal: The applicant, SEC Planning LLC, is requesting to rezone 112 acres of land to PUD (Planned Unit Development) to accommodate a mixture of commercial and residential land uses and the relocation of the Texas Baptist Children's Home and Family Services. The subject property is currently zoned PF-3 (Public Facilities High Intensity) and utilized for the Texas Baptist Children’s Home campus.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning: The Round Rock 2030 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designates portions of the subject parcel for public facilities, open space, and residential uses. The Code permits modification of the future land use designation for a property through the PUD process. In this case, the new Round Rock 2030 FLUM land use designation would be public facilities for the portions of the site that will be retained for the Texas Baptist Children’s Home campus, designated on the PUD concept plan as Parcel Areas 3 and 4. The remainder of the developable areas of the site included within Parcel Areas 1 and 2, as depicted on the Concept Plan, will be designated as mixed use on the Round Rock 2030 FLUM. The location criteria of Round Rock 2030 requires that greenfield mixed use should be located on tracts that are a minimum of ten acres in size at major intersections where the transportation infrastructure efficiently accommodates high traffic volumes, including the potential for mass transportation. Both Parcel Areas 1 and 2 meet these criteria. The areas of the site encumbered by floodplain would retain the open space land use designation as currently depicted on the Round Rock 2030 FLUM.
PUD Summary: The PUD sets forth four (4) parcel areas with the following permitted uses for each:
Proposed Use Base Zoning District
Parcel Area 1 Mixed Use MU-G (Mixed Use Greenfield)
Parcel Area 2 Mixed Use MU-G (Mixed Use Greenfield)
Parcel Area 3 Public Facilities PF-3 (Public Facilities High Intensity)
Parcel Area 4 Low Density Multi-family MF-1 (Multi-family Low Density)
Parcel Area 1 permits a principal building height up to twelve (12) stories although building height within 300 feet of the eastern property line is restricted to two stories to provide a transition to the adjacent lower density commercial and/or residential development (Eggers Acres PUD). Provisions are included in Parcel 1 to ensure the buildings facing Mays Street and E Palm Valley Boulevard provide a primary facade facing those streets. Both Parcel Areas 1 and 2 permit high density multi-family residential development in accordance with the use and development standards of the MF-3 (Multi-family High Density) zoning district.
Parcel Area 3 will remain part of the Texas Baptist Children’s Home development and will include proposed uses that expand their mission and uses that may be relocated from the existing developed campus such as donation center, community building, offices for counseling and/or medical care, and religious assembly area. All development for this parcel shall be in accordance with the use and development standards of the PF-3 (Public Facilities) zoning district with the exception of building height. While the PF-3 district allows for building heights up to five (5) stories, the PUD limits building height to three (3) stories for that parcel area to provide a better transition to neighboring development.
The area within Parcel Area 4 currently includes attached and detached residential units that are utilized by the Texas Baptist Children’s Home. The use of Parcel Area 4 is proposed to continue the existing low density residential use pattern with future expansion that may include additional attached or detached residential dwelling units, a recreational building, storage building(s), and a dormitory. A list of proposed amenities has also been included in the PUD . Development for this parcel area shall comply with the development standards of the MF-1 (Multi-family Low Density) zoning district with the exception that garage parking is not required.
The PUD establishes general development standards that apply to the entire PUD area including a provision for a six (6) foot tall brick, stone, or precast concrete compatibility wall and landscape buffer along the eastern property line as depicted on the concept plan. Additionally, the parkland dedication requirement shall be deferred until approval of the site development permit as opposed to plat recordation. The PUD also prohibits drive-through facilities and individual single story buildings of more than 50,000 square feet (i.e. big box retail) across all development parcels.
At its February 6, 2024 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the rezoning from PF-3 to PUD 154 with a vote of 7-0. There were 5 public speakers on this item. Speakers from the Eggers Acres neighborhood expressed concerns regarding increased traffic, building height, and potential flooding and drainage issues brought on by the new development.