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The Planning and Zoning Commission convened on September 8, 2026, at 6:01 PM and adjourned at 7:42 PM. The Commission voted 8-0 on all action items, approving several residential replats, a religious facility site plan, and a sidewalk variance, while tabling a large-scale mixed-use preliminary site plan. The primary focus of the evening was a detailed information-only presentation on Phase I of the Legacy Area Master Plan, during which commissioners provided significant feedback to guide future phases.
Items 1 & 2 (1897 Town Homes Edition, Blocks B & C): Staff presented two replat requests from Fenway Development Inc. to subdivide lots on 15th Street and Great Salt Street into residential lots and common area lots. Commissioners inquired about access and HOA maintenance. Both items were approved 8-0.
Item 3 (Aldrich Place Edition): A replat to formally record a 5-foot right-of-way dedicated to the city in the 1970s for a general residential lot. Approved 8-0.
Item 4 (Swaminarian Garukal Edition): A replat and revised site plan for an existing religious facility on 28.3 acres to add fencing and accessory structures. A hold harmless agreement is required due to fence encroachment into drainage and utility easements. Approved 8-0, subject to engineering department approvals.
Item 5 (Plano East Church of Christ Edition): The applicant requested a legislative variance from the requirement to construct 280 feet of sidewalk along Ranch Estates Drive. Staff supported the variance, citing the rural suburban character, lack of continuous sidewalks, and bar ditch drainage. Commissioners discussed the potential for a future non-residential use on the resulting vacant lot. Staff clarified that any new plat or permit would allow the city to revisit the requirement. The Commission voted 8-0 to approve the variance as recommended by staff, finding the statutory criteria met.
Item 6 (Legacy Area Master Plan Phase I Update): Senior Planner Maryam Zahir and consultant Connor Roberts presented findings from Phase I. Key data included 96,000 jobs and 10,000 residents within the 4.6-square-mile study area. Engagement consisted of 230 community survey responses and 11 stakeholder interviews.
Welcome to the September 8th City Plan Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. I now call the meeting to order at 6.01 p.m. If you'd all please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Yes. Thank you very much. Consent agenda. Consent agenda. The consent agenda will be acted upon in one motion and contains items that are routine and typically non-controversial. Items may be removed from this agenda for individual consideration by commissioners or staff. Commissioner Lingenfelder. I move that we pull item number C, letter C off. Okay. Is it and then I and then recommend that we approve the rest of it as recommended by staff. All right. Commissioner Alali? I'll second. All right. So we have a motion to approve everything except for item C. Please vote. Motion passes eight to zero. All right, item C staff report. Consent agenda item C Berkeley Square Edition, Block 1, Lots 1R and 4 through 6 shopping center and 356 multifamily residences on four lots on 15.2 acres located on the north side of Preston Road, 275 feet west of Ohio Drive. Zoned retail with specific use permits, number 92 for private club, number 148 for daycare center, number 169 for massage establishment, number 488 for private club, and number five and number 652 for theater regional and located within the Preston Road Overlay District. This item is for administrative consideration. Good evening, Commissioners. My name is John Kim, Senior Planner with the Planning Department. This is the preliminary site plan 2026 016. It is at Ohio Ohio Drive and Park Boulevard, and staff is recommending that the commission table the item. Available for questions. Seeing none, I prepared to make a motion. Commissioner Lale. I'll make a motion to uh table uh agenda item um C as recommended by staff. Commissioner Bender. I second the motion. All right. We have a motion and a second to table item C. Please vote. Motion passes eight to zero. Items for individual consideration. Items for individual consideration. Public hearing items. Unless instructed otherwise by the chair, speakers will be called in the order registrations are received. Applicants are limited to a total of 15 minutes of presentation time with a five-minute rebuttal if needed. Remaining speakers are limited to 30 total minutes of testimony time with three minutes assigned per speaker.