Resolution No. 2022-6-1(R): To repeal various resolutions for the purpose of retiring obsolete planning policy documents, studies, and neighborhood plans including Resolution No. 89-2-5(R) – U.S. 75 Amenities Task Force Planning Guidelines, Resolution No. 93-6-4(R) – Design Guidelines for Plano’s Historic Areas, Resolution No. 95-7-16(R) – Infill Housing Study, Resolution No. 98-5-10(R) – Downtown Plano DART Light Rail Stop, Development Vision and Objectives Study, Resolution No. 98-8-1(R) – report of the Multi-Family Dwellings Task Force, Resolution No. 99-8-24(R) – Old Towne Neighborhood Plan, Resolution No. 2000-5-31(R) – Village Creek Neighborhood Plan, Resolution No. 2001-4-14(R) – Armstrong Park Neighborhood Plan, Resolution No. 2002-11-14(R) – Douglass Community Plan, Resolution No. 2003-3-5(R) – Plano Park Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2003-9-49(R) – Dallas North Estates Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2003-10-19(R) – Meadows Addition Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2004-5-23(R) – Briarwood Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2004-6-26(R) – Haggard Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2004-12-34(R) – Ridgewood Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2005-1-26(R) – Park Forest Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2005-9-31(R) – Park Forest II Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2005-9-32(R) – Thunderbird Neighborhood Action Plan, Resolution No. 2007-8-27(R) – Clearview Neighborhood Action Plan, and Resolution No. 2008-8-14(R) – Stratford Estates Neighborhood Action Plan; and providing an effective date. Adopted

The Planning Department is responsible for developing plans, policies, and programs designed to guide physical design and development in alignment with the vision and goals of the Comprehensive Plan.  Over the years, the city has completed a variety of plan and policy documents, many pertaining to a specific subject matter or geographic subarea.  These documents include guidelines used in the day-to-day review of development plans, policy documents used to review zoning change requests, and specialized studies or reports that were often the basis for updates to the city’s comprehensive plan.  Although they may no longer be relevant to meeting the city’s current development goals, they are still adopted as official city policy or regulation.  This has sometimes resulted in confusion or uncertainty for staff when providing guidance to the development community and preparing recommendations. 

The Planning & Zoning Commission has undertaken evaluation of adopted policy.  At the April 18, 2022, meeting, the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) recommended a process to review these long-standing planning policy documents in four groups based on priority, ease of review, and potential need for document updates:

Group 1: Documents that are clearly outdated and/or the objectives are largely complete.  These items are recommended for immediate repeal.

Group 2: Documents that are considered outdated, but may contain information relevant to future priority planning activities that meet the city’s Comprehensive Plan objectives and will be reviewed as part of those initiatives.

Group 3: Documents that may still be relevant for decision-making and more direction is needed if they should be retained, retired, or incorporated into other documents.  These will be reviewed in detail by a P&Z subcommittee.

Group 4: Documents that do not require formal repeal but will be retired from active use and maintained as reference documents in the Planning Department archives.

Group 1 was reviewed by P&Z on May 16, 2022, and included six obsolete planning policy documents adopted between 1989 and 1998 and 15 Neighborhood Action Plans adopted between 1999 and 2008 that are no longer in active use.  The Heritage Commission also reviewed two of the documents, one on May 24 and one on April 26, 2022.  More information about these documents is included in the attached P&Z and Heritage Commission write-ups. Links to the documents and their associated resolutions are included below.  Upon further review, the resolution for the Downtown Plano Light Rail Stop included the Development Vision and Objectives, but not the Site Comparison Study.  This eliminates the need for formal repeal of this item and moves it to Group 4, since it is not part of a resolution. This reduces the number of documents needing repeal from 20 to 21. The purpose of this agenda item is to adopt a resolution repealing the 20 documents included in Group 1. 

P&Z Recommendation:

On May 16, 2022, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended (6-0) repeal of 21 documents.  

The Commission recommended repeal of the following documents from Group 1:

1. Downtown Plano Light Rail Stop - Development Vision & Objectives 98-5-10R
2. Downtown Plano Light Rail Stop - Site Comparison Study  98-5-10R
3. Far North US 75 Amenities Task Force Planning Guidelines Report 89-2-5R
4. Design Guidelines for Plano's Historic Areas 93-6-4R
5. Infill Housing Study 95-7-16R
6. Multifamily Task Force Report  98-8-1R
7. Old Towne Neighborhood Plan 99-8-24R
8. Village Creek Neighborhood Plan 2000-5-31R
9. Armstrong Park Neighborhood Plan 2001-4-14R
10. Douglass Community Neighborhood Action Plan 2002-11-14R
11. Meadows Addition Neighborhood Action Plan 2003-10-19R
12. Plano Park Neighborhood Action Plan 2003-3-5R
13. Dallas North Estates Neighborhood Action Plan 2003-9-49R
14. Ridgewood Neighborhood Action Plan 2004-12-34R
15. Briarwood Neighborhood Action Plan 2004-5-23R
16. Haggard Neighborhood Action Plan 2004-6-26R
17. Park Forest Neighborhood Action Plan 2005-1-26R
18. Park Forest II Neighborhood Action Plan 2005-9-31R
19. Thunderbird Neighborhood Action Plan 2005-9-32R
20. Clearview Neighborhood Action Plan 2007-8-27R
21. Stratford Estates Neighborhood Action Plan 2008-8-14R

Heritage Commission Recommendations:

On April 26, 2022, the Heritage Commission recommended (7-0) repeal of the following document from Group 1:

Design Guidelines for Plano's Historic Areas 93-6-4R

On May 24, 2022, the Heritage Commission recommended (6-0) repeal of the following document from Group 1:

Infill Housing Study 95-7-16R

This item has no financial impact.

Approval of this Resolution supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government.