To: Mark Hafner, City Manager
From: Julie Smith, Community Development Director
Subject:
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consider an ordinance approving a rezone from Town Center (TC) to Town Center - Medical Overlay District, on an approximately 2.82-acre property, being Lot 5, Block B and Lot 10, Block B situated in Keller Town Center Addition, located on the south side of Keller Parkway, located 500-feet southwest from the intersection of Country Brook Drive and Keller Parkway, addressed as 1200 and 1220 Keller Parkway. City of Keller, Applicant. (Z-20-0004).
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Background:
• On December 3, 2019, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to add the Town Center Medical overlay district to the following properties: 1135, 1139, 1141, 1149, and 1151 Keller Parkway.
• Staff has received several inquiries from the property owners of 1200 and 1220 Keller Parkway to include their properties and rezone to the Town Center Medical overlay district. These properties are immediately adjacent to the TCM overlay district and therefore would not be considered spot zoning.
• 1220 Keller Parkway has been vacant for approximately four-years. Surgery Centers are not permitted anywhere in the Town Center or Town Center Medical overlay district.
• 1200 Keller Parkway currently has two grandfathered “Medical Office” uses occupying the building, a medical office and pharmacy. However the property owner has been required to turn away potential tenants, because Medical Offices are not permitted any more according to the UDC.
Zoning Change:
Expand the overlay district to the subject properties.
Citizen Input:
An amendment to the text of the UDC requires a public hearing notice to be published in the local newspaper ten (10) days prior to the scheduled Planning and Zoning Commission meeting date. The notice for the Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing was published in the July 31, 2020, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
As of August 17, 2020, staff has not received any written opposition or support for this application.
Alternatives:
The City Council has the following options when considering a Zoning Application:
- Approve as submitted.
- Approve with modifications or additional amendment(s).
- Table the agenda item to a specific date with clarification of intent and purpose.
- Deny.
Planning and Zoning Commission Action:
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval by a vote of 5-2.