CC - Agendas - City Council - REGULAR - 11/28/2017

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AGENDA ITEM: Public Hearing for Deep Well Ranch rezoning (RZ17-003) of approximately 1,800 acres generally located at the northwest corner of the Highway 89 and 89A interchange. The request is to rezone Mixed Use (MU), Single-family-18 (SF-18), Industrial Light (IL), Multi- family High (MF-H), Business Regional (BR) to Specially Planned Community (SPC) District. Owner is James Deep Well Ranch LLC. Associated with the rezoning request is the Deep Well Ranch Master Plan (MP17-005) and an amendment to the Airport Specific Area Plan. Rezoning To implement the proposed master plan, the property must be rezoned to the SPC zoning district. While the rezoning is a prerequisite to the approval of the master plan, the SPC district has no development standards attached to it as it relies entirely upon the master plan for all such standards. The City Council may approve the rezoning to SPC, but it will not be implemented without the master plan with its development standards. (See Exhibit 3 for zoning map amendment.) Master Plan The master plan contains the development standards and land use controls for the various Land Use Groups proposed for the property. The master plan will function like the zoning for the property, in that it has controls for what uses are appropriate for different areas of the property and site requirements such as setbacks, parking, landscaping, etc. Much of what is proposed is different than the standards of the LDC, but creates equivalent controls for the development of individual commercial or residential sites within the master plan area. (The master plan is referenced, but not attached to the rezoning ordinance. A memorandum summarizing the master plan is an exhibit of the rezoning ordinance. The Memorandum of Master Plan is attached as Exhibit 4.) Development Agreement A development agreement is proposed for the development. The City Attorney presented the specifics of the development agreement and on-going negotiations to the Council at an executive session on November 20 (continued to a second session on November 21), and to the Council and public at a Study Session on November 21. The agreement is attached as Exhibit 5 and 6.) Possible Conditions After thorough discussions between City Staff and the Deep Well Ranch Planners, most of the approval conditions recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission have been included in the master plan or resolved by DA language. Two issues remain. 1. Site plan review by the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be required per the 2016 City process for Site Plan Review. For all individual commercial and multi-family projects within 150' of Pioneer Parkway, the site plans shall be reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Staff endorses including this condition as it will allow for more public information for projects proposed for this highly visible area. 2. A landscape buffer of 100' minimum shall be provided along Pioneer Parkway 2