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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance approving an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan 2030 to modify the Future Land Use Map to allow commercial development on 9.40 acres located southeast of the intersection of Round Rock Avenue and Chisholm Trail Road. (First Reading)*
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Proposal: The applicant, Round Rock Veterinary Specialty Group, PLLC, is requesting to amend the FLUM (Future Land Use Map) for 9.40 acres from Open Space to Commercial.
Comprehensive Plan: The FLUM (Future Land Use Map) of the Comprehensive Plan 2030 designates this site as Open Space. The remaining portion of the tract has a Commercial designation. The subject tract is currently developed as a PUD with commercial use. Open space was likely assigned to the FLUM due to its proximity to flood plain, and that this area was a public park several decades ago. All proposed development within the city is required to comply with local and federal flood plain regulations, and it is not necessary to designate those regulated areas as open space on the comprehensive plan.
Amendment Policies: According to the Comprehensive Plan 2030, Commercial land use location criteria are:
1. At the intersection of two arterial roadways or an arterial/major collector; or
2. At an extension of an established commercial area that does not conflict with adjacent residential uses.
3. Some uses are appropriate only when located on property with highway frontage.
The site doesn't meet the first criteria regarding intersections because Chisholm Trail is considered a local street. However, it does meet the second criteria since the site is located at an extension of an established commercial area that does not conflict with adjacent commercial development (mini-golf center with accessory uses). Therefore, this change is supportable because only one of the three location criteria must be met. The proposed commercial development is in an already established commercial area. Additionally, amendm...
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