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Consider an ordinance rezoning 110.54 acres located on the south side of E. Palm Valley Boulevard and west of S. Kenney Fort Boulevard from the BP (Business Park) zoning district to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 132 zoning district. (Second Reading)
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This rezoning was requested by the property owners, John and Susan Harris and the Hickox Family Living Trust. The developer is Milhaus. The property was annexed into the City in 2006 and remained un-zoned until 2011, shortly before Kenny Fort Boulevard construction began. The current BP (Business Park) zoning district accommodates limited light industrial and research and development in a campus setting. The Future Land Use Map of the 2020 comprehensive plan designates the site for mixed use.
Two street stub outs along Kenney Fort Boulevard were provided with the road’s construction, providing access across adjacent properties. The northernmost stub out aligns with Kalahari Boulevard and the southernmost aligns with a driveway to the Kalahari complex. The project site has no frontage along Palm Valley Boulevard (US 79) due to the Missouri-Pacific railroad tracks. There are no current plans for negotiating a crossing of the railroad to provide the site with access to Palm Valley Boulevard.
MU-G (Mixed-Use Greenfield and Large Lot) district: This district provides development standards for a comprehensive mixed-use development on a large tract of land. Mixed-use zoning for this district refers to the combining of complementary residential and commercial uses in the same building, on the same site, or in the same block.
·Main Street Orientation: The standards require the development to be of an urban scale, oriented toward the pedestrian, with buildings on the main street oriented and designed towards the street.
·Internal Roadways/Street Design: The roadway system is to emphasize a grid pattern that allows for pedestrian connections. Buildings are to be built along the street, with parking in fro...
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