AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: October 11, 2016
SUBJECT
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Hold a public hearing and consider an amendment to the Rayzor Ranch Overlay District to provide design standards and criteria for multi-family development within the South Mixed Use District subarea. The Rayzor Ranch Overlay District includes approximately 410 acres generally located along West University Drive (US 380) between North Bonnie Brae Street and IH-35. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval (7-0).
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BACKGROUND
The Rayzor Ranch Overlay District (RROD) is the document regulating the zoning, design, and development of the mixed-use, master-planned Rayzor Ranch project generally located along US 380 between IH-35 and North Bonnie Brae Street. The purpose of the RROD is to:
A. Ensure compatibility of new construction with the existing scale and characteristics of surrounding properties; and
B. Protect and enhance specific land features which have characteristics distinct from lands and structures outside the RROD; and
C. Provide within the Rayzor Ranch area a combination of land uses arranged and designed in accordance with sound site planning principles and development techniques; and in such a manner as to be properly related to each other, the immediate surrounding area, the planned mobility system, and other public facilities, such as water and sewer systems, parks, schools and utilities.
The current overlay standards have been in place since 2010, however the architectural, landscape, and signage standards for various sub-districts of the RROD have not all been incorporated into the ordinance. Sub-districts that do not currently have approved design standards include the residential area north of the area between Wal-Mart and Academy and the South Mixed Use area primarily located between Heritage Trail Boulevard and North Bonnie Brae Street. In addition, there are currently no guidelines specific to ...
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