Title
Approving an ordinance on second reading with the caption reading: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE CODE OF ORDINANCES TITLE XV LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 155 SITE DEVELOPMENT CODE, SUBCHAPTER B CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 155.1202 SITE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION (E)(3), 155.1206 LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING (C)(1)(F), 155.1207 (D)(3)(D), 155.1305 SIGNS (O)(2)(J) BY REASSIGNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD TO THE ADMINISTRATOR; AMENDING SUBSECTION 155.1306 PUBLIC ART BY REASSIGNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION; AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 155.1501 REVIEW BODIES, 155.1502 GENERAL REVIEW PROVISIONS, 155.1504 MAJOR PERMIT REVIEW, 155.1505 CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, AND 155.1507 MODIFICATIONS TO APPROVED PERMITS BY REESTABLISHING GENERAL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES FOR PLAN APPROVAL; AND AMENDING SUBSECTION 155.1601 DEFINED TERMS, PRELIMINARY ARCHITECTURAL PLAN; REPLACING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary
This item is staff initiated in order to comply with City Council’s direction to dissolve the Architectural Review Board (ARB). The ARB was first established in 2004 by Ordinance No. 735-04-01-27 after the approval of the Downtown Master Plan. At the time of adoption, the ARB was to administer Subchapter B of Chapter 155 Site Development Code, applicable to the Central Business District. The ordinance made a previously administrative process of site development in the Downtown subject to final review by the ARB. Later, the ARB was given an additional duty to include hearing and deciding on variances concerning building articulation, exterior building wall standards and roof treatment for non residential structures city-wide established in Chapter 157. Currently, any action taken by the ARB is final and may not be appealed to another board. In October 2010, the City Council held its annual worksess...
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