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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance amending Planned Unit Development (PUD) No. 23, to provide for a place of worship. (First Reading)*
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PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 23, containing 371.66 acres of land, was approved by the City Council in 1995 and it allows single family and commercial uses. The only remaining undeveloped part of the property is located along RM 1431. The proposed amendment is for 13.20 acres described as Parcel 4-e of the PUD, a portion of the undeveloped property along RM 1431. Parcel 4-e is currently zoned for office and senior group living and the amendment would allow a place of worship, with unrestricted square footage of accessory uses. It would also establish design standards for the place of worship building and the compatibility buffer requirement for the northern property boundary, which borders an existing residential development within the PUD. Potential accessory uses for places of worship include primary or secondary educational facilities, offices, community recreational facilities and day care facilities. For these uses to be unrestricted in size, the code requires that the place of worship have frontage on, or direct access to, an arterial street, such as RM 1431.
The PUD currently requires that 100% of the exterior finish of buildings on Parcel 4-e consist of glass or native stone masonry similar in color and quality to that utilized on the walls, entryway and amenity center buildings within the Mayfield Ranch subdivision (“Mayfield Ranch stone”). The PUD amendment would apply the C-1a (General Commercial - limited) zoning district design standards for the building. These standards require a minimum of 75% of the exterior to consist of natural stone, simulated stone, brick, stone-face or split-face concrete masonry unit (CMU), with stucco allowed within this category on tilt-wall construction. The PUD would also require that 25% of the exterior finish be “Mayfield Ranch stone”. Th...
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