Katy City Zoning Code
§ 14
MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT MPC.
The purpose of the Master Planned Community District, hereinafter referred to as MPC, is to encourage the unified design of large primarily residential communities consisting of eight hundred (800) acres or more a portion of which may be located outside the City in accordance with an approved comprehensive development plan. This district provides for greater flexibility in lot sizes, street widths circulation and overall design and layout of the area than provided by other districts.
14.1
Uses Permitted.
14.1-1
Dwellings, one family.
14.1-2
Customary home occupations ordinarily carried on in a home that are not detrimental or injurious to adjoining property by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke, gas or unsightly appearance. These may include dressmaking, millinery, washing, ironing, the office of a physician, dentist, surgeon, architect, lawyer, engineer, musician, or artist, provided that such uses are located in the dwelling used by such a person as his or her private residence, and provided that no assistant not a member of the family residing on the premises is employed. Said incidental use shall never be permitted as a principal use but only as a secondary use when indispensable necessary [sic] to the enjoyment of the premises and cannot involve the conduct of retail business. Customary home occupations shall not include barbershops, beauty shops, carpenter shops, electrician shops, plumbing shops, radio shops, tin shops, auto repairing, furniture repairing, or other similar uses. No use shall be permitted which is noxious or offensive by reason of vibration, noise, odor, dust, smoke, gas or unsightly appearance.
14.1-3
Public parks and playgrounds, including public recreation or service buildings within such parks.
14.1-4
Churches.
14.1-5
Schools (private, elementary, high, college and universities).
14.1-6
Public recreation buildings, community buildings, theater groups.
14.1-7
Libraries, museums, art galleries.
14.1-8
Child care, adult care, memory care, and nursing home facilities.
14.1-9
Fire stations, police stations, public administrative offices.
14.1-10
Municipal surface or underground or overhead water storage, water wells, and pumping stations.
14.1-11
Restaurants, cafes or cafeterias who service includes the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink, provided such uses are in compliance with the distance requirements from other uses provided for by state law or City ordinance.
14.2
[Reserved.]
14.3
Development of Master Planned Community (MPC).
14.3-1
A MPC may be developed in accordance with the Master Planned Community Development Standards adopted by the Katy City Council. A copy of the Master Planned Community Development Standards will be available in the City Secretary's office.
14.3-2
A MPC must comply with all applicable development standards set forth in the Master Planned Community Development Standards adopted by the Katy City Council.
14.3-4
A copy of the Master Planned Community Development Standards is attached to Ordinance 2599 and incorporated herein as though each and every word were set forth in this ordinance.
14.3-4-1
Signs located within the Cane Island Master Planned Community must comply with the sign guidelines adopted by the City Council for the Cane Island Master Planned Community [attached to Ordinance 2765].
14.4
Application.
14.4-1
An application for a MPC shall be made to the City Planning and Zoning Commission in the same manner that an application for any amendment to the Zoning Ordinance is made and shall be processed according to the procedure in Section 23 of the City of Katy's Zoning Ordinance. As in the instance of subdivision platting, a pre-planning conference is required as set out in Code of Ordinances Section 9.201 [10.02.001] preparatory to the filing of the application for a MPC. The City Council, after recommendation by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and after public hearing and proper notices to all parties affected, may authorize the creation of a MPC on sites for a community of eight hundred (800) acres or more a portion of which may be located outside the City.
14.5
Development Schedule and Plan.
14.5-1
An application for a MPC shall be filed with the City Planning and Zoning Commission and be accompanied by a development schedule indicating the approximate date on which construction is expected to begin and a rate of anticipated development to completion. The development schedule if adopted and approved by the City Council shall become part of the development plan and may be updated on an annual basis.
14.5-2
The building inspector shall report annually to the City Planning and Zoning Commission, the actual development accomplished in the MPC as compared with the development schedule.
14.5-3
The City Planning and Zoning Commission, if in its opinion, the owner or owners of property are failing or have failed to meet the approved schedule, may, with City Council approval, initiate proceedings under Section 23 of the City of Katy's Zoning Ordinance to amend the Zoning Map or the MPC by removing all or part of the MPC from the Zoning District Map and placing the area involved in another appropriate zoning district. The property, or a portion of the property, may not be rezoned or placed in another zoning category if the actual development of the property meets or exceeds the rate of anticipated development submitted by the developer pursuant to Section 14.5-1. Upon the recommendation of the City Planning and Zoning Commission and good cause shown by the owner and developer, the City Council may also extend the development schedule or adopt such new development schedules as may be indicated by the facts and conditions of the case.
14.5-4
An application for a MPC shall include and be accompanied by a Development Plan which shall become a part of the amending ordinance and shall be referenced on the Zoning District Map. Changes in the Development Plan shall be considered the same as changes in the Zoning District Map and must be approved by City Council. However, changes of detail which do not alter the basic relationship of the proposed development to adjacent property and which do not alter the uses permitted or increase the density, floor area ratio, height or coverage of the site, or which do not decrease the off-street parking ratio, or reduce the yards provided at the boundary of the site, as indicated on the approved development plan, may be authorized by the City Planning and Zoning Commission. Also, the platting or replatting of lots in accordance with the Master Planned Community Development Standards shall not be considered an amendment to the City of Katy Zoning Ordinance and may be processed in accordance with the City of Katy's Subdivision Ordinance. The platting or replatting of lots in accordance with the Master Planned Community Development Standards will be considered an amendment to the Master Plan Community Development Plan. Any applicant may appeal the decision of the City Planning and Zoning Commission to the City Council for review and decision as to whether an amendment to the MPC Ordinance shall be required.
14.5-5
The Development Plan shall include the following:
14.5-5.1
A plat or land plan, prepared by a registered surveyor or engineer, showing proposed major through fares, residential pods; any area proposed for dedication or reserved as parks or parkways; playgrounds; fire station sites; police station sites; water well sites; school sites; and the points of ingress and egress from existing public streets and defining boundaries and topography with a contour interval of not less than two (2) feet, or spot grades where the relief is limited.
14.5-5.2
A statement on the plat or land plan that all residences will be constructed in accordance with the residential construction material standards set forth in the Master Planned Community Development Standards adopted by the Katy City Council[.]
14.5-5.3
Where multiple types of land use are proposed, a land use plan delineating the specific areas to be devoted to various uses shall be required.
14.5-5.4
Where building complexes, except for single-family residences, are proposed, a site plan showing the location of each building and the minimum distance between buildings, and between buildings and property line, street line and/or alley line shall be submitted. For buildings more than one (1) story in height, except single-family residences, elevations and/or prospective drawings may be required in order that the relationship of the buildings to adjacent property, open spaces and to other features of the development plan may be determined. Such drawings need only indicate the heights, number of floors, and exposures for access, light and air.
14.5-5.5
Where off-street loading is required, a plan indicating the arrangement and provisions shall be submitted, except for single-family residences. Such a plan may be presented as a ratio of off-street parking and off-street loading area to building area when accompanied by a typical example indicating the feasibility of the arrangement proposed and when the areas where the example would be applied are dimensioned on the drawing of the entire site. Any special traffic regulation facilities proposed or required to assure the safe function of the circulation plan shall also be shown.
14.5-5.6
A designation of the maximum building coverage of the site shall be indicated upon the land site, except for single-family residences.
14.5-5.7
Screening and landscaping plans shall be required, except for single-family residences, where such treatment is essential to the proper arrangement of the development in relation to adjacent property. Such plan shall, when required, include screening walls, ornamental planting, playgrounds, wooded areas to be retained, lawn and gardens, if such are determined to be necessary by the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
14.5-5.8
Any or all of the required features may be incorporated on a single drawing if such drawing is clear and capable of evaluation by the City Planning and Zoning Commission and interpretation by the Building Inspector.
14.5-5.9
Every MPC approved under the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as applicable to the property involved. In carrying out the development of a MPC, the development conditions of the development schedule, if required, shall be complied with. Such conditions as are specified for the development of a MPC shall not be construed as conditions precedent to the approval of the zoning amendment, but shall be construed as conditions precedent to the granting of a certificate of occupancy and compliance.
Editor's note-Prior to the adoption of Ordinance 2599, section 14, pertaining to “RR” Railroad District, was repealed by Ordinance 699 adopted February 28, 1985. |
(Ordinance 2599, sec. I, adopted 11/11/13; Ordinance 2655 adopted 8/25/14; Ordinance 2765 adopted 9/26/16)