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HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance requested by Franklin Harris L.L.C. to amend the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM) from a ‘Suburban Residential’ and ‘General Commercial’ designated area to a ‘Multi-Family Residential’ designated area (FLUM# Z17-05) for 8.5 acres of land located between O.W. Curry Drive and Cunningham Road, south of E. Central Texas Expressway, Killeen, Texas.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP (FLUM) AMENDMENT: ‘SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL’ AND ‘GENERAL COMMERCIAL’ TO ‘MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL’
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Nature of the Request
This is a request to revise the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM) to change ‘Suburban Residential’ and ‘General Commercial’ designated areas to a ‘Multi-Family Residential’ designated area. The 8.5 acres property is located between O.W. Curry Drive and Cunningham Road, south of E. Central Texas Expressway, Killeen, Texas. The applicant has submitted a concurrent request to rezone the subject property from “R-1” (Single-Family Residential District), “R-3” (Multifamily Residential District) and “B-5” (Business District) to “R-3A” (Multifamily Apartment Residential District).
Land Use Plan: The property is designated as ‘Suburban Residential’ and ‘General Commercial’ on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) of the Comprehensive Plan.
The ‘Suburban Residential’ character encourages detached residential dwellings, planned developments to provide for other housing types (e.g., townhouse, patio) in a suburban character setting, public/institutional, parks, and public spaces. The characteristics of this designation include:
§ Larger baseline minimum lot sizes to allow for larger front yards, building setbacks, and side yard separation
§ Less noticeable accommodation of vehicles
§ Encourages smaller lot sizes in exchange for greater open space set asides
§ Encourages conservation design or cluster development
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