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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report CITY OF COLLEGE STATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 2950 ROCK PRAIRIE RD W(07-00500343) REQUEST: Single Family Residential Medium Density and Retail Neighborhood to Single Family Residential High Density ACREAGE: 10.44 acres LOCATION: 2950 Rock Prairie Road W Lots 1 & 2, Block 1 of the Merker-Strawn Subdivision APPLICANT: Wallace Phillips, Greens Prairie Investors, Ltd, owners PROJECT MANAGER: Jason Schubert, AICP, Staff Planner ischubert(c cstx.gov RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Planning&Zoning Commission Page 1 of 5 February 21, 2008 0 C. iv.4441„. . t:' t ♦ 1 4 . ,, I� • ,,,,,,,14, . .. Irk \ :' '''''..- , .,. :11N,.1.' - , -,‘,„.4.vti,,,, 0. 45(je.1,,ii4, o' , ,.. w 1141 p xfX - 42° 4\ 10 \,,,,...° ds, 41 ,,P.,,, , ...., , \ ,„ . \ • , / N ��'• „„ , i. . ' 4.0i...- . . ....s: . , f D .,...,.. . ..,. s. ., , .,••1 ,j , •• A ' .4' J F Planning &Zoning Commission Page 2 of 5 February 21, 2008 0 2 .0 tip �a �,,'0��c �,7egi 0 **s •.:. �, .. 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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. Planning&Zoning Commission Page 4 of 5 February 21, 2008 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/ l&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. The property is also located at the future intersection of Rock Prairie Rd W, a Minor Arterial, and an unnamed Minor Collector that parallels Old Wellborn Rd. The subject property is located within the Steeplechase Sewer Impact Fee area. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Given its location within the various surrounding land use designations described above, Staff recommends approval since the Single Family Residential High Density designation appears to provide further transition from the more intense uses to the south and east (toward the railroad) to the Single Family Residential Medium Density to the north and west. SUPPORTING MATERIALS 1. Application (revised) Planning &Zoning Commission Page 5 of 5 February 21, 2008