HomeMy WebLinkAboutPZ Item 05 - Comprehensive Master Plan MEMO TO: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
FROM: ERICA MAROHNIC, PLANNING SERVICES DIRECTOR
MEETING DATE: MAY 17, 2022 WORKSHOP
SUBJECT: RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE
STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING A COMPARISON OF THE
CITY'S ZONING MAP TO MAP 2: LAND USE PLAN OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.
BACKGROUND:
Future Land Use (FLU) designations indicate the intended use and development density
for a particular area, while zoning districts specifically define allowable uses and contain
the design and development guidelines for those intended uses. The FLU designations
were adopted by the City of Grapevine City Council as part of the Comprehensive Master
Plan and are pictorially depicted on Map 2: Land Use Plan. Each FLU designation allows
for nesting of several consistent zoning districts within FLU designation.
Examples: Red = future land use, Blu = zoning
Residential Low Density (RL)
"R-20" Single Family Residential District
"R-12.5" Single Family Residential District
"R-7.5" Single Family Residential District
Industrial (IN)
"LI" Light Industrial District
"PID" Planned Industrial District
"BP" Business Park District
For the purpose of this report, we will refer to the Comprehensive Master Plan as the
Comprehensive Plan and Map 2: Land Use Plan as the future land use map.
ISSUES:
In 2003 and 2005 City staff engaged in an exercise to evaluate and analyze previously
approved rezoning requests of effected properties against their underlying future land use
designations, as the future land use map. The result was Ordinance No. 2003-08 and
2005-57 which updated 59 property's underlying future land use designations to make
them consistent with recent rezoning requests by amendment to the future land use map.
Beginning in April 2022, the City's Geographic Information Systems (GIS) division has
assisted the Planning Services Department in a similar analysis which resulted in a
preliminary number of 1 ,500 discrepancies city-wide. After further review and refinement
including data scrubbing, boundary line adjustments and shifting boundaries based on
Section 5, Rules for Interpretation of District Boundaries of the Zoning Ordinance, staff
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pared the resulting discrepancies down to approximately 193. The discrepancies present
are estimated at 10% of the city's total land area where the future land use
designation/zoning district have differences which equals approximately 1 ,328 acres
which is illustrated on the attached exhibit, Future Land Use and Zoning Differences.
After completing this exercise Planning Services staff is seeking direction from the
Planning and Zoning Commission (Commission)for further discussion and comment. Due
to the nature and complexity of the areas, it may behoove the Commission to evolve the
exercise from simple reconciliation of discrepancies to evaluation of the area through a
"big picture" lense, considering designation changes to the future land use area by area
to better guide future development in a manner consistent with community objectives.
This shift in focus may result in additional discrepancies between current zoning districts
and the future land use designation.
A snapshot to better illustrate existing conditions regarding zoning districts and future land
use designations has been prepared and is attached as an exhibit to this agenda
memorandum, specifically for Zoning Case No. Z15-07, which are multiple residential lots
that were rezoned from "HC" Highway Commercial District to "R-5.0"Zero Lot Line District
where the FLU is Commercial.
DIRECTION:
1 . Ask Planning Services staff to do nothing.
2. Ask Planning Services staff to study the discrepancies further and bring back more
information at a future date.
3. Ask Planning Services staff to prepare an agenda item to be discussed at a future
joint workshop with eh Commission and City Council.
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