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Department of Community Development
Reference: Escarcega Subdivision Zone Change
To: Members of City Council
Through: Holly Prather, AICP, Community Development Director
Marv Falconburg, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Lauren Simmons, AICP, Senior Planner
Date Prepared: October 10, 2019
PURPOSE
The zone change application before the City Council is for approximately 3.823 acres, generally located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Bromley Lane and E. 148th Avenue ("Property"). Currently, the Property has a zoning designation of Platte River Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD). Lisa Gard is the applicant and the owner is Armando and Sadie Escarcega. The Applicant is requesting a zone change to Rural Estate (RE).
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Recognizable and Well-Planned Community
BACKGROUND
The Property was annexed as a part of a larger annexation in this area in 1987 known as the West Bromley Lakes Annexation. The property was then zoned as part of the Platte River Ranch Planned Unit Development (PUD) on December 1, 1998 as a residential parcel. A later amendment to the PUD only indicated all platted residential lots as residential and this property, while outside the boundaries of that PUD Amendment, was indicated as Open Space. The property has never been platted or owned by the Home Owner's Association or City and Platte River Ranch has already given above and beyond the required amount of Open Space, namely the Ken Mitchell Lakes area. The Platte River Ranch Planned Unit Development has specific residential regulations that make building a single house on a large lot difficult, even if a PUD amendment was proposed to clearly indicate the residential nature of the property. The property owner would like to construct a single house on the 3.823 acre lot using the Rural Estate (RE) setbacks due to the lot size being well over the minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet.
Surrounding Land Use(s):
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