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File #: ORD-0704    Version: Name: Fairfield PUD
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 3/29/2023 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 5/9/2023 Final action:
Title: Approving an ordinance on second reading with the caption reading: An Ordinance of the City of Pflugerville, Texas, Amending Ordinance No. 1203-15-02-24 of the City of Pflugerville, Texas, as amended, by changing the zoning designation of approximately 11.858 acres of unplatted land, out of the Jacob Casner Survey No. 9, Abstract No. 2753, in Pflugerville, Texas, from Agriculture/Development Reserve (A) District, to Planned United Development District with a base zoning district of Urban Corridor: Level 4 (CL4); to be known as the Fairfield PUD Rezoning (2022-5-PUD); Providing for Repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing for non-severability; and providing an effective date.
Attachments: 1. General Location Map, 2. Staff Report, 3. Summary Letter, 4. Fairfield PUD Development Standards, 5. Commons District Overview, 6. Mixed-Use Commercial Overview, 7. CL-4 Development Regulations Chart, 8. Ordinance
Title
Approving an ordinance on second reading with the caption reading: An Ordinance of the City of Pflugerville, Texas, Amending Ordinance No. 1203-15-02-24 of the City of Pflugerville, Texas, as amended, by changing the zoning designation of approximately 11.858 acres of unplatted land, out of the Jacob Casner Survey No. 9, Abstract No. 2753, in Pflugerville, Texas, from Agriculture/Development Reserve (A) District, to Planned United Development District with a base zoning district of Urban Corridor: Level 4 (CL4); to be known as the Fairfield PUD Rezoning (2022-5-PUD); Providing for Repeal of conflicting ordinances; providing for non-severability; and providing an effective date.

Summary
The applicant is requesting for the approximately 11.858-acre property to be rezoned from Agriculture/Development Reserve (A) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) with a base zoning district Urban (Level 4: CL4). The proposed PUD regulations are requesting that multi-family and townhomes be allowed by right at a density not to exceed 40 dwelling units/acre, with a minimum of 17,000 sq. ft. of commercial vertically integrated along the frontage of F.M. 685. The regulations also do not allow the site to have a full Certificate of Occupancy until the commercial requirement is met. In addition to the multi-family and townhome addition to the base zoning district, the PUD also prohibits gas stations and drive-in/thru uses.

History:
The property was annexed into the City in 2007 by Ordinance No. 920-07-12-11 through a city-initiated annexation, and subsequently zoned to the Agriculture/Development Reserve District. In July 2022, the Planning & Zoning Commission denied a rezoning request for this property from the same applicant, that was proposing a Planned Unit Development with a base zoning district CL-4, allowing multi-family at a density of 35 dwelling units an acre, with a minimum of 10,000 sq. ft. of commercial. The case was subsequently denied by City Council in September...

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