From
Chris Hartmann
Title
CPA160501 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Approve amendments to the 2010 Comprehensive Plan. The annual update is a review of zoning changes, text amendments, annexations, and dis-annexations that have taken place in the past year. The annual update also includes revisions to the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The owner/applicant is the City of Grand Prairie Planning Department. (On May 2, 2016, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of this request by a vote of 8-0).
Presenter
Chief City Planner Jim Hinderaker
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
SUMMARY:
Consider a request for the approval of 2010 Comprehensive Plan amendments for the City of Grand Prairie. The annual update is a review of zoning changes, text amendments, annexations, and dis-annexations that have taken place in the past year. The annual update also includes revisions to the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. Development must be reviewed with consideration to the goals, objectives, policies and strategies of the Comprehensive Plan.
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST:
The purpose of the request is to recommend Future Land Use Map (FLUM) revisions to reconcile inconsistencies that have occurred during the 2015 calendar year.
BACKGROUND:
The Planning and Zoning Commission annually reviews zoning decisions, text amendments and other changes that impact the Comprehensive Plan. The 2010 Comprehensive Plan was adopted on November 16, 2010 [Ordinance 9125-2010].
Section 1.11.5.1 of the Unified Development Code of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas stipulates that the Planning and Zoning Commission shall conduct a public hearing and make recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan.
Since the Zoning Ordinance is a major implementation tool for the Comprehensive Plan with respect to the City’s future land use pattern, the descriptions of the land use classifications for the Future...
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