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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 66 parcels of land located in the area defined as Downtown to the MU-2 (Mixed-Use Downtown Medium Density) district, said parcels being listed on Exhibit “A” and being shown on the accompanying map. (First Reading)*
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History:
In 2013, three mixed-use zoning districts were created and applied to certain parcels downtown. These included MU-1 (Mixed-Use Historic Commercial Core), MU-2 (Mixed-Use Medium Density), and MU-L (Mixed-Use Limited). Along with text amendments to the Zoning and Development Code presented on this agenda for adoption, 114 parcels downtown are proposed for rezoning. PDS staff examined the existing zoning of each parcel in the downtown area to determine whether the zoning should remain or change.
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The subject tracts are located downtown. A new definition for “Downtown” is provided in the Zoning and Development Code text amendments: “Downtown is defined geographically beginning with the eastern edge of the northbound frontage road of Interstate Highway 35 where it crosses the approximate centerline of Brushy Creek, then proceeding south along said edge of the northbound frontage road to the approximate centerline of the northern most track of the Union Pacific Railroad, then proceeding northeast along the approximate centerline of the northern most track of the Union Pacific Railroad, then proceeding north along the property line between 1099 East Main Street and 1201 East Main Street, then proceeding east along East Main Street, then proceeding north along the eastern property line of 1280 East Main Street, then proceeding north along the western property line of 1116 East Austin Avenue to the approximate centerline of Brushy Creek, then proceeding west along the approximate centerline of Brushy Creek to the eastern edge of the northbound frontage road of Interstate Highway 35, being the point of beginning.” Creating a singular definition of downtown enables ...
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