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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2007-68 - Intensity Somerset HillsAn Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, amending Exhibit 1: Intensity Map of the Century Plan — Development flan, passed and adopted on the 13th Day or March 1990, to change 1543.9 acres, more or less, in the Frederick Foy and the Lewis P. Dyches surveys to be known as Somerset Hills, from Intensity Levels 1, 3, 4, and 5 to Intensity Level 3; and amending the Future Land Use Plan, passed and adopted on the 281h Day of May 2002, to change, from Agricultural, Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial to Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial; repealing conflicting ordinances and resolutions, including a severability clause; and establishing an effective date. Whereas, the City Charter of the City of Georgetown was amended by vote of the people in April 1986 such that comprehensive planning was established as a continuous and ongoing governmental function; and Whereas, the City Council did, on March 8,1988, adopt by Ordinance Number 880097 the Georgetown Century Plan - Policy Plan as the Comprehensive Plan for the City pursuant to Section 1.08 of the City Charter; and Whereas, the City Council did, on March 13, 1990, adopt by Ordinance Number 900149 the Georgetown Century Plan - Development Plan as the Land Intensity, Transportation, and Utilities functional plan elements pursuant to Section 1.08 of the City Charter; and Whereas, the Century Plan- Development Plan contains the Intensity Map designed to assign development intensities throughout the Georgetown Planning Area; and Whereas, the City Council did, on May 28, 2002, adopt by Ordinance Number 2002-32 adopt new elements of the Century Plan: The Future Land Use Plan pursuant to Section 1.08 of the City Charter; and Whereas, the Century Plan- the Future Land Use Plan contains the Future Land Use Map designed to assign future land uses throughout the Georgetown planning area; and Whereas, an application from Myra Young and Waterstone Development, has been made to change the intensity assignment from Intensity Level from 1, 3, 4, and 5 to Intensity Level 3, and Future Land Use from Agricultural, Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial to Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial, for 1543.9 acres in the Frederick Foy and the Lewis P. Dyches surveys to be known as Somerset Hills, located on Williams Drive and CR 245; and Century Plan Amendment — Somerset Hilts Ordinance No. Page 1 of 4 Whereas, the Planning and Zoning Commission did, on September 4, 2007, conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed amendment to EXHIBIT 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan and to the Century Plan — Future Land Use Plan; and Whereas, notice of such hearing was published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, which stated the time and place of hearing which time was not earlier than fifteen (15) days for the first day of such publication; and Whereas, written notice was given not less than fifteen (15) days before the date set for the meeting before the Planning and Zoning Commission to all the owners of the lots within two hundred feet of the property, as required by law; and Whereas, the applicant for such Plan amendment placed on the Property, such Sign(s) as required by law for advertising the Planning and Zoning Commission hearing, not less than fifteen (15) days before the date set for such hearing; and Whereas, the Planning and Zoning Commission did, on September 4, 2007, recommend that the City Council conditionally approve the proposed amendment to EXHIBIT 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan and the Century Plan — Future Land Use Plan Map. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby finds that this ordinance implements the following Policy Ends of the Century Plan - Policy Plan EIement and Goals of the Future Land Use Plan: 1. Policy Statement: Georgetown's natural and physical resources are managed so that citizens enjoy the benefits of economic and social development. 2. Future Land Use and Thoroughfare Plan: Goal 1: Encourage the most desirable and efficient use of land while enhancing the physical environment through functional and compatible land use configurations. Objective 1.2: Plan for future development that is compatible with the City's natural features, environmentally sensitive areas, and existing land uses. Objective 1.3: Ensure that new developments will be compatible with existing land uses in terms of use, density, building heights, scale, and offsite effects. Centum Plan Amendment — Somerset Hills Ordinance No, Page 2 of 4 Objective 1.6: Ensure that the local infrastructure systems can accommodate future growth; ensure that such systems are expanded as needed, and further finds that the enactment of this ordinance is not inconsistent or in conflict with any other Century Plan Ends, as required by Section 2.03 of the Administrative Chapter of the Policy Plan. Section 2. EXHIBIT 1- Intensity= Map, contained within the Century Plan - Development Plan, is hereby amended by the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, to change the Property from Intensity Level from 1, 3, 4, and 5 to Intensity Level 3, for 1543.9 acres in the Frederick Foy and the Lewis P. Dyches surveys to be known as Somerset Hills, located on Williams Drive and CR 245, as illustrated in Exhibits A and B of this ordinance. Section 3. The Future Land Use Map, contained in the Century Plan - Future Land Use Plan, is hereby amended by the City Council of the City of Georgetown Texas, to change the Future Land Use Plan Map for the Property from Agricultural, Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial to Residential, Mixed Use, and Office/Retail/Commercial, for 1543.9 acres in the Frederick Foy and the Lewis P. Dyches surveys to be known as Somerset Hills, located on Williams Drive and CR 245, as illustrated in Exhibits A and B of this ordinance. Section 4. Approvals of the Century Plan Amendments as stated in Section 2, Section 3, and Exhibits A and B of this ordinance are hereby expressly made conditioned on the City and Applicant entering into a mutually acceptable agreement(s) which on or before March 25, 2008: 1) Amends the May 30, 2006, Development Agreement Regarding Annexation and Development of Cowan Springs, to included the 320 acres in the Fredrick Foy and Lewis P. Dyches surveys, known as the Young Tract; 2) The Owner and City work to bring the entire project under the City's water, wastewater and electric service area. 3) The Owner and City work with Williamson County to bring Overall Transportation Plan Amendments to the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board related to the design and classification of Ronald Reagan Boulevard and CR 245. Specifically amend the roadway table for ROW requirements and possibly adopt cross sections related these roadways within the project limits; and 4) The Future Land Use Map, contained in the Century Plan - Future Land Use Plan, includes a Public land use category. While not shown on Exhibit A, the applicant will be responsible for sighting and locating a minimum of 61.2 acres for school and fire station use as public uses in the Residential and Mixed Use areas; Section 5. Failure to comply with all of the conditions in Section 4 of this Ordinance shall cause the Century Plan approvals requested in the application to automatically terminate, and to be without any force or effect, and the Intensity Levels and Future Land Uses for the Property to Centum/ Plan Amendment — Somerset Hills Ordinance No. Page 3 of 4 automatically revert to the levels and uses that were in place immediately prior to the effective date of this Ordinance without further action from the City Council. Section 6. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and effect. Section 7. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or application thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. Section 8. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City Secretary to attest. This ordinance shall become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Georgetown. PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 25th day of September, 2007. PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the Y�Aclay of r`�� 2007. ATTEST: 1 Sandra D. 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