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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance rezoning 4.12 acres located at the northwest corner of Hesters Crossing Road and Rawhide Drive from the C-1 (General Commercial) zoning district to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) No. 144 zoning district. (First Reading)*
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The project owner, Hester's Crossings Apts Holdings LLC, proposes a rezoning from C-1 (General Commercial) to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) to include a multi-family urban residential building with ground level commercial spaces facing Rawhide Dr. and an attached structured parking garage.
Comprehensive Plan and Zoning: The 2030 Future Land Use Map (FLUM) designates the property for commercial uses. If adopted, the PUD will amend the FLUM for the subject area to mixed-use to accommodate the proposed residential development with ground floor commercial spaces.
The mixed-use land use designation is used for any parcel or tract of land that is appropriate for the combination of residential and complementary non-residential land uses. Mixed-use can be on a large site with the uses combined on the site or on a small site with the uses combined in a single building.
The site is situated between existing low density multi-family residential development to the west (The Crossings Condominiums) and a large commercial strip (Sky Ridge Plaza) located on the opposite side of Rawhide Dr. to the east. The mixed-use land use designation is appropriate for this parcel because it will provide a transition from the more intense shopping center to the neighborhood to the west. The ground floor commercial spaces will serve the building and the surrounding community with limited general commercial uses that are compatible with the adjacent residential development.
Location criteria: The Round Rock 2030 Comprehensive Plan provides location criteria for each land use category. Pertinent to the subject property, the Plan states that urban multifamily development should be located near employ...
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