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File #: ORD-0348    Version: Name: Windermere Park Garden Villas Section Two Rezoning
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 3/28/2017 In control: Planning and Zoning Commission
On agenda: 5/9/2017 Final action:
Title: Approving an ordinance on second reading with a 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 AN APPROXIMATE 5.964 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE JOHN VAN WINKLE SURVEY NO. 14, LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE BLACK LOCUST DR. AND GRAND AVE. PKWY INTERSECTION FROM AGRICULTURE/CONSERVATION (A) TO MULTI-FAMILY 10 (MF-10) DISTRICT; TO BE KNOWN AS THE WINDERMERE PARK GARDEN VILLAS SECTION TWO REZONING (REZ1701-01); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. General Location Map, 2. Windermere Park Garden Villas Sec. 2 rezoning staff report, 3. Windermere Rezoning Ordinance
Title
Approving an ordinance on second reading with a 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 AN APPROXIMATE 5.964 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE JOHN VAN WINKLE SURVEY NO. 14, LOCATED GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE BLACK LOCUST DR. AND GRAND AVE. PKWY INTERSECTION FROM AGRICULTURE/CONSERVATION (A) TO MULTI-FAMILY 10 (MF-10) DISTRICT; TO BE KNOWN AS THE WINDERMERE PARK GARDEN VILLAS SECTION TWO REZONING (REZ1701-01); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Summary
The property is located along the south side of Black Locust Dr., generally southeast of the Black Locust Dr. and Grand Ave. Pkwy. intersection, between Grand Ave Pkwy. and the Windermere Parke neighborhood. The proposed request is to rezone the 5.964 acres from Agriculture/Conservation (A) to Multi-Family 10 (MF-10). According to the Unified Development Code, the Multi-Family 10 (MF-10) district “…is intended to address opportunities for small, suburban multi-family developments with up to 10 units per acre. The district should be used as a transition to more intense land uses including major thoroughfares.” The Comprehensive Land Use Plan currently identifies the area as open space with low to medium density residential. The open space land use designation is attributed to the floodplain layer used during the land use plan creation and proximity of the tracts to Windermere Parke. The proposed district is a low to medium density residential district that will provide a transition between a single family neighborhood and an arterial roadway.

Staff Recommendation
The proposed zoning district will allow for a variety of land uses anticipated to be generally compatible with a neighborhood, including limited multi-family with a density of up to 10 units per acre. According to the owner, the ant...

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