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This request is following the Comprehensive Plan amendment for this area
that was adopted in February by the City Council for Single Family
Residential, Medium Density, Office, and Retail Regional on this tract.
The subject property is currently zoned R-4, Multi Family, and is
surrounded by R-1 , Single Family Residential and A-O, Agricultural Open.
The proposed R-1 is located in the northern end of the property and wraps
around the existing oil well and is approximately 7.8 acres. The proposed
A-P will act as a buffer between the R-1 and C-1 uses. The A-P will make
up 12.8 acres. The remainder of the southeast end of the property will be
zoned C-1 . The boundaries of the rezoning include areas of the R-1 and A-
O area because of a change in the boundaries of the Conservation
Easement after the original rezoning in 2001 .
The Land Use Plan identifies this area for Single Family Residential,
Medium Density, Office, Retail Regional, 'ft. The Floodplain
area is 1 .4 acres that the Commission will also consider on April 20, 2006.
The property has frontage on Decatur Drive and Arrington Road, both
Major Collectors on the Thoroughfare Plan.
The property is surrounded by a Corps of Engineer Conservation
Easement on all sides that do not front on a future public street.
Staff recommends approval of the rezoning with the condition that the
Comprehensive Plan amendment for the Floodplain area is approved. If it
is not approved, staff recommends approval as submitted for the R-1 and
A-P zones, and recommends that the C-1 portion exclude the 1 .39 acres in
the floodplain.
Attachment 6 - Additional Item Background
The subject property currently has a 1.5 acres oil well and drill site, otherwise the
property remains vacant. The property is surrounded by greenways around the
southern and western sides, and Shenandoah Phase 8 to the north. The east side of
the tract is separated from Single-Family Residential, High Density by the future
extension of Decatur Drive, an identified Major Collector on the City's Thoroughfare
Plan.
In both the previous comprehensive plan - College Station Plan 2000, and the
current 1997 Comprehensive Plan, this tract was identified for medium density
residential development. In 2000, a master plan for Castlegate was approved which
included this entire tract. At that time, the tract was identified for multi-family
development. In 2003, the Comprehensive Plan was amended to reflect the changes
approved in the 2000 master plan and the subsequent rezonings that were
approved.
Since the amendment of the Plan, there have been a number of developments in this
area. New phases to the Shenandoah subdivision (Single Family Residential, Medium
Density) have been approved, along with Planned Development Districts for Spring
Creek Townhomes and Spring Creek Gardens, both indicated as Single Family
Residential, High Density. Across the greenway to the west, a PDD rezoning and
Concept Plan have been approved for the Castlerock residential subdivision, indicated
as Single-Family Residential, Medium Density.
Based on policies to locate multi-family residential within a mile of the University, as
well as the pattern of single-family residential being developed in this area,
amending the residential attached to single-family medium density residential is
appropriate for this area.
Staff has seen significant pressure for retail development in this area, as evidenced
by a number of Comprehensive Land Use amendments at the intersection of Greens
Prairie Road and State Highway 6 to Regional Retail. Over 300 vacant acres of land
planned for commercial is located at the intersection of Greens Prairie Road and
State Highway 6, over half of this area is within half a mile of the subject property.
Goal Three from the Comprehensive Plan states that "College Station should continue
to protect, preserve, and enhance existing and future neighborhoods," and Objective
3.1 associated with this goal states that "College Station should continue to protect
the integrity of residential areas by minimizing intrusive and incompatible land uses
and densities." The intensity of commercial development next to single family
residential has been an issue for a number of neighborhoods around the City, which
has resulted in the creation of a buffer requirement between incompatible land uses.
The Spring Creek greenway creates a natural break between these uses, without
additional buffering being required, thereby protecting the existing and proposed
neighborhoods.
Due to the nearby area that is already allocated for retail development, and the
natural buffer provided by the greenway between the neighborhoods and the retail,
Regional Retail is not appropriate for the subject property.
The subject property was annexed in 1983 and subsequently zoned A-O. In 2001,
the property was rezoned to R-4 in compliance with the master plan. This property is
located in the Spring Creek Impact Area for sewer. The property is currently
unplatted.
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