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O-86-1232 - 10/23/1986ORDINANCE NO. ` ,I'3QU AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11, ZONING, CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; ADOPTING A CRITERIA FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS; I. That Chapter 11, Section 3 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended by adding the following: N. A Planned Unit Development shall meet the following criteria: 1. Intent (a) All Planned Unit Developments shall meet the following goals and objectives in order to be approved. (i) Planned Unit Developments shall be required to demonstrate that the proposed development is better than development that would occur under the standard Zoning Ordinance requirements. (ii) Planned Unit Developments shall be in harmony with the general purpose, goals, objectives and standards of the General Plan. (iii)Planned Unit Developments shall not have an undue adverse effect upon adjacent property, the character of the neighborhood, traffic conditions, parking, utilities or any other matters affecting the public health, safety and general welfare. (iv) Planned Unit Developments shall be adequately served by essential public facilities and services including streets, parking, drainage, water, wastewater facilities, etc. (v) Planned Unit Development shall be constructed, arranged and maintained so as not to dominate by scale and massing of structures the immediate neighboring properties or interfere with their development or use in accordance with any existing zoning districts. 2. Criteria for Determining Residential Density. (a) Residential Density Bonuses may be granted for developments which meet the City's goals and objectives in accordance with the following criteria only where the dedications or construction outlined is deemed appropriate for City needs by the appropriate city staff. Bonus for Planned Unit Developments. (i) The acreage of those portions of lands in excess of standard City requirements dedicated for park which consist of usable land of a size and configuration suitable for park requirements, outside of designated flood plains and unobstructed by physical constraints, rights -of -way or easements which would limit its development for park purposes may be utilized for overall density calculations and may be granted an additional bonus of 25% of the land area so defined. (ii) The development of sports fields and playground facilities approved by the Director of Parks and Recreation, off site streets, traffic signals or oversized utilities approved by the Director of Public Works, and public facilities approved by the Director of Planning and Community Development may qualify the developer for additional bonuses based on the cost of construction with the dollar value estimate being furnished by the developer and approved by the appropriate city staff. One additional unit shall be credited for each three thousand dollars (3,000) of qualifying development. (iii)The acreage of all lands dedicated for public use and school sites at no cost to the City of Round Rock or the Round Rock I.S.D. may be utilized for overall density calculations and the acreage of those portions of lands dedicated for public use or school sites which consist of useable land of a size and configuration suitable for public uses or school and play field requirements outside of designated flood plains and unobstructed by physical constraints, rights -of -way or easements which would limit its development for public use or school classroom facilities and ancillary uses may be granted an additional bonus of 25% of the lands so defined. (iv) Lands dedicated for public park which lie within a 100 year flood plain, or which have physical configurations, or are encumbered by easements or rights -of -way which will restrict their developability for active park purposes shall qualify for a density calculation of one quarter of the land so defined, however, in cases where the dedication is necessary for the implementation of city park goals the director of Parks and Recreation may recommend an increased bonus not to exceed 100 percent of the land so defined.. (v) Whereas it is the goal of P.U.D. to promote higher quality development which complements adjacent land uses. The overall quality of development within a P.U.D. together with its integration of the P.U.D. with adjacent land uses shall be the prime determinants of whether or not a P.U.D. is approved. (vi) Quality development which involves extra ordinary expenditures for landscaping, etc. may be granted bonuses on the same bases as outlined in Sec. (i); however, such bonuses shall not exceed a total of 10%. 3. General Criteria (a) All school sites shall be used for school classrooms and ancillary uses only and shall revert to the City of Round Rock for a sum of Ten Dollars (10.00) if school construction has not commenced within seven (7) years of dedication, or the lands are determined to be surplus to school needs, (with an extension for up to five (5) additional years at the option of the City Council. (b) While street design criteria may be waived, private roads shall be built to the same construction standards as public streets. (c) Where access to individual lots within a P.U.D. is via a common parking lot a maintenance agreement and a maintenance account shall be provided to assure the continue maintenance of access and parking. (d) A property owners association and maintenance fund shall be established for all Planned Unit Developments to assure the continued maintenance common property within the development. (e) A P.U.D. shall not waive any basic health or safety standards. (f) Where parking is waived for a P.U.D. development due to a specific targeted market (e.g. senior citizens housing) an overlay to the site plan shall be provided to show how full parking could be accommodated if conditions change in the future, and a method established to provide for amendments to accommodate such changes. (g) All street widths public or private and curve radii shall be designed to assure access by fire and emergency vehicles. (h) All utility lines and drainage facilities shall meet full city standards and a maintenance fund shall be established to assure the continued maintenance of all private utility lines and drainage facilities. (i) If mixed use development occurs in an intensity four (4) area the maximum residential density shall be twenty (20) units per acre. II. A. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof. B. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are expressly repealed. Alternative 1. By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the Council Members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with. READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this , 1986. the day of Alternative 2. READ and APP VED on first reading this the p ' day of f J.?gy , 1986. 22 READ, ,APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the oCol day of ( c) , 1986. ATTEST: 4 MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor City of Round Rock, Texas DATE: October 21, 1986 SUBJECT: Council Agenda, October 23, 1986 ITEM: 7C — Consider an ordinance amending the Planned Unit Development Ordinance to establish criteria. (Second Reading) The attached ordinance implements the P.U.D. Criteria previously approved by Council. The criteria set forth the goals and intent on which a P.U.D. must be judged. They also establish the bonuses to which a development may be entitled. These criteria include an amendment requested by the Planning & Zoning Commission which would allow the Director of Parks and Recreation authority to increase the bonus for dedication of flood plain from .25% of the area dedicated to as much as 100% of the area dedicated in special circumstances where such land is deemed necessary for implementation of city park goals.