To: Mark Hafner, City Manager
From: Julie Smith, Community Development Director
Subject:
Title
PUBLIC HEARING: Consider an ordinance approving amendments to the City of Keller Unified Development Code (UDC), adopted by Ordinance No. 1746 dated July 7, 2015, by amending Article 8 - Zoning Districts; Section 8.10, relating to breezeway connections; authorizing publication; provide for penalties; and establishing an effective date. City of Keller, applicant. (UDC-21-0005)
Background:
Staff is proposing to amend Section 8.10 of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to delineate what constitutes an expansion of the main structure and what constitutes a detached structure.
Over the last several years, applicants have circumvented the UDC limitation of only two accessory structures per lot by attaching them to main structures via breezeways. Applicants then claim this is an expansion of the main structure and not a separate accessory structure. Though certainly creating a connected fire path, the structures are built at different times and for different uses. The intent of the proposed amendment is to clarify the difference between an accessory structure and the expansion of a structure.
Citizen Input:
An amendment to the text of the UDC requires a public hearing notice to be published in the local newspaper fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled City Council meeting date. The notice for the City Council public hearing was published in the May 13, 2021, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Planning and Zoning Commission Recommendation:
On May 11, 2021, the Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing at which no one spoke in favor or opposition; the Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the item with additional modifications to add porte cochere.
City Council Action:
The City Council has the following options when considering an Amendment to the Unified Development Code:
Approve as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Approve with modified or additional condition(s).
Table the agenda item to a specific date with clarification of intent and purpose.
Deny.