P & Z Commission approves site plan for Al Ruschhaupt Park Soccer Complex amphitheater, splash pad

By Brandi Hart
McKinneyUpdate.com editor
Created at 10: 25 p.m. on April 14, 2009

Plans to build an amphitheater and a splash pad at the Al Ruschhaupt Soccer Complex, just north of Valley Creek Trail and west of US 75 will go on as scheduled as the McKinney Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan for improvements to the complex.

The amphitheater will be able to hold about 40 people and will include stone seating, and it will be located at the northwest section of the complex. A splash pad, which includes arch like structures that emit water that is not recirculated for children to run through. A large playground will also be built near the splash pad and amphitheater. A pavilion will be built near the southern section of the complex, said Parks Development Planner Jenny Baker. All commissioners voted on the issue except Commissioner Jack Radke, who recused himself from voting on the issue.

In other news the commissioners approved a site plan for the Bark Hotel, which is a dog boarding house that will be built on the north side of McKinney Ranch Parkway and approximately 375 feet west of State Highway 121.

A development plan was also approved for the McKinney Medical Center, which will be built on 49.19 acres on the southeast corner of Medical Center Drive and Spur 399.

The commissioners also tabled action on a development plan for the McKinney Seven Stacy Addition that will be built on 108.46 acres on the southeast corner of Custer Road and the future extension of Silverado Trail. The commissioners also tabled action on a site plan for the Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, which will be built on 57.75 acres on the northwest corner of Farm-to-Market Road 1461 and US 380.  

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