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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 23.43 acres located near McNeil Road and adjacent to S. IH 35 Frontage Road from LI (Light Industrial) and SF-2 (Single Family - Standard Lot) zoning districts to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 160 zoning district. (First Reading)*
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Request: The applicant, 2P Consultants on behalf of owner C-A Holdings, Inc, and developer AiRCO Mechanical, has requested Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning for the 23.43-acre tract to support the expansion of an existing light industrial development, including warehousing and light manufacturing uses.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning: The 2030 Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designates different parts of the subject property for Residential, Employment Center, Industrial, and Commercial uses. The proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) would refine and consolidate these designations by identifying Industrial as the appropriate land use for the tract. The Industrial land use category applies to tracts intended for manufacturing, production, processing of goods, and warehousing activities.
A PUD functions as a customized zoning district that allows a property to develop under development standards that are tailored to the specific site and proposal rather than a single base zoning category that applies a one-size-fits-all approach to development. Because a PUD establishes specific land uses, development standards, and design criteria, its adoption effectively serves as an amendment to the FLUM for the subject property.
The PUD proposes uses consistent with the Industrial land use designation and applies the Light Industrial (LI) zoning district as the base zoning district, but with several use restrictions. The LI district supports uses such as office/warehouse, light industrial services, manufacturing, and assembly. To address the adjacent single-family development to the south, the PUD includes enhanced compatibility buffers and landscaping standards ...
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