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Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2025-02, amending the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance (MZO) by creating a new zoning classification to be known as the Downtown Mesquite "DM" Special Purpose Zoning District (DM-District) including the Core (DM-C), Mixed-Use (DM-MU), and Edge (DM-E) Subdistricts, containing new or amended procedural requirements, standards for site design, and regulations affecting building form, building design, building height, setback, parking, signage, landscaping, screening, and permitted uses. This Zoning Text Amendment includes general updates to the MZO related to said provisions. The proposed Zoning Text Amendment also includes repealing the Central Business (CB) Zoning District classification, and the Military Parkway-Scyene Corridor (MP-SC) Overlay District classification, and associated regulations, as those classifications are replaced with the new DM-District classification(s) and associated new regulations. The properties are rezoned to the new DM-District, including the new subdistricts, in Zoning Map Amendment File No. Z0725-0405.
(The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval with certain stipulations.)
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The City of Mesquite is proposing a Zoning Text Amendment to the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance (MZO) to establish a new Downtown Mesquite Special Purpose Zoning District ("DM-District"). This new district will include three Character Subdistricts: Downtown Mesquite-Core (DM-C), Downtown Mesquite-Mixed-Use (DM-MU), and Downtown Mesquite-Edge (DM-E). The purpose of the DM-District is to guide redevelopment and revitalization efforts in Downtown Mesquite and surrounding areas by fostering a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use environment with updated standards for land use, site design, building form, parking, signage, landscaping, and design guidelines. The DM-District is a mixed-use zoning district that will The zoning change applies to approximately 268 acres generally bounde...
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