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Project Manager: Lindsay Boyer, Staff Planner Report Date: June 27, 2006
Email: Iboyer@cstx.gov Meeting Date: July 6, 2006
Project Number: 06-00500028
Item: Public hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion on an overlay
rezoning for 311 acres located at the intersection of State Highway 40 and State
Highway 6.
Applicant: City of College Station
Staff Recommendations: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning.
Item Summary: This item has been brought forward under direction from the City
Council to apply the current OV, Corridor Overlay to the intersection of State Highway 6
and State Highway 40.
Currently there is over 330 acres within a half mile of the intersection of State Highway
6 and State Highway 40 zoned for commercial development. This concentration of retail
will serve as a southern commercial center for the city. At the May 25th workshop, the
City Council directed staff to apply our current overlay district that is used on University
Drive to this corridor rather than create a new overlay.
The standards for this overlay include the exclusion of auto repair as a use. It also
requires the use of earth toned building materials and colors, as well as limits sign
colors, fonts, and height. This overlay also requires a forty foot (40') building setback
and a twenty foot (20') parking setback from all rights of way.
The underlying zonings for these properties have not changed, and are currently zoned
C-1, General Commercial, and a small portion of A-O, Agricultural Open.
Comprehensive Plan Considerations: The Land Use Plan identifies this area for
Retail Regional, and several thoroughfares extend throughout the sites: Arrington Road,
Lakeway Drive, State Highway 40, and State Highway 6. The area is surrounded by
Floodplain and Streams as well as Single-Family Residential, Medium Density.
Related Advisory Board Recommendations: None.
Commission Action Options: The Commission acts as a recommending body on the
question of rezoning, which will be ultimately decided by City Council. The Commission
options are:
1. Recommend approval of rezoning as submitted;
2. Recommend denial;
3. Table indefinitely; or,
4. Defer action to a specified date.
NOTIFICATION:
Legal Notice Publication(s): The Eagle; 06-20-06 and 06-27-06
Advertised Commission Hearing Dates(s): 07-06-06
Advertised Council Hearing Dates: 07-13-06
Number of Notices Mailed to Property Owners Within 200': 61
Response Received: 3
Supporting Materials:
1. Small Area Map (SAM) & Aerial
2. Unified Development Ordinance Section 5.8.A, Corridor Overlay Districts