HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item March 13, 2008
Regular Agenda
Comprehensive Plan Amendment for 2950 Rock Prairie Road West
To: Glenn Brown, City Manager
From: Bob Cowell, AICP, Director of Planning & Development Services
Agenda Caption: Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on a
Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Retail Neighborhood and Single-Family Residential,
Medium Density to Single-Family Residential, High Density for 10.44 acres located at 2950
Rock Prairie Road West generally located west of the intersection with Old Wellborn Road on
the north side of Rock Prairie Road West.
Recommendation(s): The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval
of Single Family Residential, High Density (7-0) at their February 21st meeting. Staff also
recommended approval.
Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria:
1. Changed or changing conditions in the subject area or the City: The subject area
was annexed into the City in 2002. In 2003, the City initiated a small area plan for the
area known as the Wellborn Road/I&GN Triangle. This area includes the subject
property and is bounded by Wellborn Rd to the east, Jones Butler (I&GN) Rd to the west,
Harvey Mitchell Pkwy to the north, and North Graham Rd to the south. The subject
property land uses of Retail Neighborhood for approximately 5 acres fronting Rock
Prairie Rd W and Single Family Residential Medium Density for approximately 5.5 acres
to the north of that.
The applicant is requesting Single Family Residential High Density in order to pursue a
rezoning request for a R-3, Townhouse zoning district. The applicant states that the
conditions warranting the Comprehensive Plan Amendment include "the increased
demand for townhouses for retirees, students and young professionals who want home
ownership, but without the maintenance requirements of a typical single family home
and yard."
Other recent developments in the subject area include the development of the 20-acre
Williamsgate Subdivision which is about 125 feet west of the subject property. It was
rezoned to R-1, Single Family Residential in 2004 and has been subsequently platted.
Two properties along Old Wellborn Rd were rezoned to C-2 Commercial-Industrial in
2003 and 2004 and have been developed C-2 retail uses. These developments have
followed the land use pattern the small area plan provides. Wellborn Road, a Major
Arterial on the City's Thoroughfare Plan will also be widened by TxDOT from two lanes to
six lanes with an anticipated letting of the project later this year.
2. Compatibility with the remainder of the Comprehensive Plan: Several land use
designations surround the subject property. Single Family Residential Medium Density is
to the north and west, Retail Neighborhood and Transitional to the east and Industrial /
Research & Development to the south of Rock Prairie Rd W.
Single Family Residential Medium Density allows for single family uses with densities
ranging between 3 to 6 dwelling units per acres while the Single Family Residential High
Density allows for single family uses with 7 to 9 dwelling units per acres. In addition to
detached single family, the High Density designation allows for townhouse zoning
districts.
Industrial / Research & Development is described in the Comprehensive Plan as "areas
permitting medium to large-scale development of tax-generating developments such as
industrial/R&D parks, technology centers, clean manufacturing, and
assembly/distribution. The Industrial/R&D area south of Rock Prairie Road W is
approximately 43 acres in size and a significant portion has been platted as the Rock
Prairie Road West Business Park.
The Wellborn Road / I&GN Triangle small area plan created the land use designation of
"Transitional." This designation replaced the Single Family Residential Medium Density
for approximately 63 acres along Old Wellborn Rd and adjacent to the railroad. About
38 acres of this area is south of Cain Road. The plan acknowledged that while single
family was not impossible next to the railroad, the market would likely place pressure for
other land uses. The small area plan states several different uses may be appropriate in
Transitional including: commercial/warehouse, light industrial, general retail, office and
multi-family. Since the designation allows for many different, including some intense
land uses, Staff recognizes that the request may help transition to lower intensity
developments to the west.
Retail Neighborhood anticipates "areas permitting neighborhood-scale development of
tax-generating developments such as small retail centers, service commercial,
restaurants, etc." Including the subject property, the area has approximately 11 acres
of Retail Neighborhood. If this request is granted, almost 6 acres Retail Neighborhood
area will still remain on the property to the east. As for other planned commercial uses,
there is about 29 acres of land designated as Retail Regional along Wellborn Road near
Rock Prairie Road and another 10 acres at the intersection of Wellborn Road and Cain
Road. With a significant amount of other commercial designations available in the area
and some Retail Neighborhood being retained, Staff acknowledges the additional Retail
Neighborhood provided by the subject property as not being essential.
Budget & Financial Summary: N/A
Attachments:
1. Small Area Map (SAM) and Aerial Map
2. Draft Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes, February 21, 2008
3. Ordinance