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Home My WebLink Aboutcorrespondence U13/21.1/2UJIS 1F_,: _8 93EE822a83 ' ERALDvES'S PAGE J2 ndr curcupa 1t0:iti J/u45y174 BIOBIO PAGE 01 POO-1P FOX We.. 7671 Us ► r re iCkkdk SOS " fiGV1 ''11 .ali CoiDei t. CO. Mork 6,2006 Gane. tom,,.« 47.7-i q F°"` 434) 3A?- Aotq "1 Mwt3dpd Doroloprnents Group 2551 Tors&Avc. Site A Co&ge Stati*T eas 77846 Deas Greg Taggcrt, We*quid Y'ke you to bap us with the zaog of the pserpesty knows sn 2201 Texas A „College Soo 77663.1(Geoid Veal)se tar ower of G&C to e>tnoents sed' Slter Me r ida authorise you(Greg Magma wad Beal)to set urn ota behalf oo the procsediroga of Comp.plan sad Re ;Mich=mists of*ping any document&saorssary.rids the plsontog and s oninn6 cdaieiee,city hal ea saay cogasameios needed so oecork du mooting (Year. :74 C Iarre*troeotF,11373 Gaud Harbor Blvd.Idosspr seey,Te>sas 77356/936-321-W15 Wiker Mc ruder 4133 bkri4eea tHoustoo.Tracis CO 2551 Texas Ave. South, Ste. A,College Station,TX 77840 4..ic) \aisle ,,s Ofc:979.693.5359 Fax: 979.693.4243 Email: mdgcstx(&,,yahoo.com O�G4o LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL • TO: JgrAR Pn, cj1 0- 14 FROM: Cr31 CL-. .�-✓"�� hP6 DATE: Q¢ ZGOfoMDG JOB NUM BER: 50O 6 S'713011 1 trG k 0146 6 opti, rta-sk., ATTACIIED PLEASE FIND: NO. OF COPIES DESCRIPTION 4-- g4i Oh WW1 L.;c � , - P (Itti anAT. pui-t,-, Aw-e-4• atp . t ki pita:4A, -E-e THES TMES ARE TRANSMITTED AS CHECKED BELOW: FOR APPROVAL ❑ FOR REVIEW ❑ FOR YOUR USE ❑AS REQUESTED ❑ OTHER: COMMENTS: SIGNED: l� ( 1 255 f 'texas Ave. South,Ste. A,College Station,Tx 77840 4 ) c , • w.S Qfc:979.693.5359 Max:979.693A243 Entail:.nidgestx@yahOo.com •IN '\4114t, FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SIIEL+'+"T TO: jW1f-1Z7' PrOcARs PROM: _ . , -7-,, ,,, Fs.et vii--- . 6 r-ly ,______________ , DATE: _ z3 0 h-e---21 / 772-4Z2 . FAX'NUMBER: 7 c, ' — • 32_,....t._74.2__ _______:__ P1IONI.2; NUMBI31t: .., . TOTAL NO. OF PAGES: ❑URGCNI• OMR REVIEW UPLEASL COMMENT. CiPLEASL REPLY OPLEASE RECYCLE NQ'TES/COMMENTS: . Ll—S • C;6:1-1"41-414 — . K-777 --- _ Confidentiality notice:This facsimile message and accompanying communication's and/or documents are intended for the exclusive and confidential use of the individual or entity to which the message is addressed . to. • Id WdL2:f0 900E 2E '1-00 2VZP-269-6L6: 'ON Xdd dfOd9 IN3Wd013f191 lbd I O I Nf1W: Wald ci, .4c) 141Sfr 2551 Texas Ave.South,Ste.A,College Station,TX 77840 AA��'es Ofc:979.693.5359 Fax:979.693.4243 Email:mdgcstx@yahoo.com aQ o 23 October 2006 City of College Station Development Services Attn:Jennifer Prochaska 1101 Texas Avenue South College Station,Texas 77842 BY FACSIMILE Subject: Rezone and Comp Plan Amendment Application for 2201 Texas Avenue Case#06-500082 Dear Ms.Prochaska: On behalf of our Client,we hereby request that the above named case be withdrawn from Council consideration. We will resubmit a revised application at a later date. Please call me if you have any questions. Sincerely, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP /c-' i ,--71--- ory . Taggart, RPLS anaging Principal/Proj anager Cc: Adrian Williams Gerald Vess/Tire Max • Ed WdL2:20 900E 2E '1-°0 £17EP-269-6L6: 'ON Xdd dflO 9 1N9Wd019f19Q 1171dI0INf1W: Wald McGruder Comprehensive Plan Amendment (06-82) SAM: The applicant has requested an amendment to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the property on the southeast corner of Texas Avenue and Sterling Street. The property consists of two platted single family lots developed with a single family home. The Land use plan currently designates this property and rest of the Richards subdivision as single-family high density. The applicant is requesting that the property be designated as Regional Retail. REGIONAL RETAIL SLIDE: The Comprehensive Plan gives the following definition for Regional Retail: "Area permitting regional scale development of tax- generating developments such as retail centers, service commercial, restaurants, etc. These uses are generally dependant on good access to highways and major arterials. Post Oak Mall is an example of this use." Staff does not feel that this property is appropriate for regional retail because of its size, it is under half of an acre, no access to an arterial roadway and because it is within a developed single family neighborhood. RICHARDS SUBDIVISION SLIDE: The Richards Subdivision is a residential neighborhood established in the 1940s, prior to being annexed into the City in 1969. Richards Subdivision is made up of four residential streets, Richards, Sterling, Lassie and Crest. All of the property in the subdivision is zoned R-1 Single-Family Residential. This area saw a lot of single-family infill development and neighborhood revitalization in the 1970s and then again in the past few years. The neighborhood is framed by multi-family and commercial development to the south, Texas Avenue to the west, commercial development and undeveloped land to the north)and vacant property in the Wolf Pen Creek Design District to the east. ulr,‘y Nrv�e CLOSER IN SLIDE: As you can see on the screen there are 3 single family homes that face this property across Sterling Street and one single family home that abuts the property. Based on the information available through the Brazos County Appraisal District, the majority of the homes in close vicinity to the subject property are owner occupied. The property has approximately 80 feet of frontage on Texas Avenue, a major arterial on the Thoroughfare Plan, and approximately 185 feet of frontage on Sterling Street, a residential street. City policies state that commercial development should have a depth of at least 400 feet to avoid the effects of strip commercial. Staff has concerns about the development of this property for commercial purposes because it is a small site, less than an acre with very --'' 0t `� 1 , V-4 ckc=`(e. limited access. The property will.not be able to take access from Texas Avenue 1 jk 0.C c t to acbmmercial development from Sterling Street, which is a residential street. The right-of-way for Sterling Street is only 30 feet wide...current requirement is 50 feet. The pavement section does meet our minimum standard for a residential street, which is 27 feet wide. Because the right-of-way is not as wide as current standards, it means that buildings on both sides of the street can be closer to the street since setbacks are measured from - property lines. There are four lots in the Richards subdivision with frontage on Texas Avenue; ----r- three of them are developed as single family homes. The south east corner of Richards and Texas Avenue is zoned R-1, but is developed as a dentist's office f- through a conditional use permit in the 1980s after several rezoning requests were denied. Because it was developed under a conditional use permit, no other commercial or office use can locate there. L The goals of the Comprehensive Plan state that we should protect and preserve established residential areas by minimizing intrusive or incompatible land uses. Staff is concerned that approval of a Regional Retail land use on this property will -c be the beginning of the incremental encroachment of commercial land uses into established neighborhood that will ultimately start eroding the neighborhood and }. ff does not believe that amending the Comprehensive Plan for this property furthers the City Council's goal to promote neighborhood integrity. 1 , I am recommending denial of the request. V - -_) , Three calls in opposition to this request. 1 I 1 Q}wt. (-- 3 calls were neighbors who were against the rezoning'. One neighbor stated that . i'N- she preferred the property to remain residential because of the noise, on-street -,k\ _�lparking and aesthetic issues that come with commercial development. Another ,\A .\\\re : ent stated that there are a lot of children that play in the neighborhood up � ` \� down the streets and she worried about the traffic a commercial �`• \u\ development would bring. She also stat at a lot of the residents in the \ ! ��' il ' neighborhood are elderly and woof probably not be able to make it to the meeting...she also had a concern about h w the noise would affect the elderly V'1/4residents in the area. \� 'CQ- \ --i -_ ��, . IIA ,,� U yrec��UC �� Ccvi-)ei C4_f�-, . C. wacbt O tCLL r- _L( _c.� c -.- r;� � r v�c_ck CAS.Q c1)-ry rte--- - Ckkk_l L%-ic/yW SdY CC. _� C!_ -1 �LQ Y\c V\L'.�F L 1.C�VvL-r(4 ,V CAC' }-\CIArk ‘(\(:)--c- f c.ur,>i,v2A \).Lir\. 0.L L S h6"1---k-0 ) k'v va-.)4\( 'S — .)C0- , 1 ACLLc 01,Gc- w, \_-V (,ft_ c 0-0,-(,ti p \; t Lk,.( La - -v1y h( , * 4' v-, �y " • • • 2551 'Texas Ave. South,Ste.A,College Station,'I'X 77840. 1�� w• '\4 �� Ofc: 979.693.5359 Fax: 979.693.4243 Entail: mdgcstx@yal,00.com • k*� • v ep FACSIMILE:TRANSMITTAL SHEET TO: •, FROM: DATL- .g"Pailk2a400117 FAX NUMBER: q71. -7494. 10 l'11ONIs NUMBER: 0'71,144 g5Y-0 ' TOTAL NO. OF PAGES: • t � ❑URGENT ❑COR REVIEW UPLt ASE COMMENT• ❑PLEASE REPLY DPLEASE RECYCLE NOTES/COMMENTS: LL[ , aht dtkiR <tr : Ay/ • ,A. Weht A!./,_ •1 • • Confidentiality notice:This facsimile message and accompanying communication's and/o rdocu,nents are intended for the exclusive and confidential use of the individual or entity to which the message is addressed to. • Td Wd6Z:S0 900Z EO -1-00 £ -269-6z6: '0N XHd dnod9 IN3Wd019nal 1HdI0INf1W: WOdd 2551 Texas Ave. South, Ste. A,College Station,TX 77840 \i‘tse, `�Qw�� Ofc: 979.693.5359 Fax: 979.693.4243 Email: mdgcstx@yahoo.com Tire Maxx—Rezone/Comprehensive Plan Relevant Facts 1) Traffic Counts on Texas Avenue a. At Holleman South—38,000 VPD 2) Every Land Parcel within 200' of Texas is zoned C-1, WPC or PDD, from campus to Southwest Parkway, except for 2 streets, namely Richards and Sterling 3) Land use plans such as Comprehensive Plan should take into account actual developing uses a. The Texas Avenue corridor is commercial, we are merely matching what is coming 4) The Comprehensive Plan currently calls for Single Family High Density or 7-9 DU/Ac., this means duplex or town home. a. This is neither economically feasible nor desirable from a quality of life standpoint- who wants to raise children less than 200' from Texas Avenue, with the noise, exhaust, vibration and traffic hazards associated with a 38,000 VPD traffic count? 5) The existing comprehensive plan land use designation and the zoning are relics of the past, and are no longer reasonable 6) Staff will no doubt comment on"spot-zoning" a. This is NOT spot zoning—this parcel abuts C-1 b. It is across the street from C-1 c. It is only 380' down Texas from another large C-1 area d. The current zoning is an aberration, a leftover. We are merely trying to bring this site into a better fit with its surroundings 000657-c.07(3891) 2551 Texas Ave. South, Ste. A, College Station,TX 77840 Aoiciii? 1",>4k Office: 979.693.5359 Fax: 979.693.4243 Email: mdgcstx@yahoo.com 44s,, N. \4440.- 11 May 2006 City of College Station, Planning and Development Services ATTN: Jennifer Prochazka AICP, Senior Planner 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 RE: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request and Your Letter of May 5th Ms. Prochazka: On behalf of our client, Gerald Vess and G&C Investments, we hereby formally request that our application for an amendment to the City Comprehensive Plan for the property located at 2201 Texas Avenue be tabled until you have received input from your city planning consultant on the potential comprehensive plan revisions. Please contact me to set up a time to discuss relevant issues with your consultant. If you have any questions, please call. Sincerely, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP /(1 . 7A-77 e c,----/— Gre ory K. aggart, RPLS 7/ Managing Principal fcl2551 Texas Ave.South,Ste.A,College Station,TX 77840 Aoro4 Office:979.693.5359 Fax:979.693.4243 Email:mdgcstxu@yahoo.com '64 '6, � ., 11 May 2006 City of College Station,Planning and Development Services ATTN: Jennifer Prochazka AICP,Senior Planner 1101 Texas Avenue College Station,TX 77840 RE: Comprehensive Plan Amendment Request and Your Letter of May 5th Ms. Prochazlca: at On behalf of our client,Gerald Vess and G&C Comprehensive Plan for the property located aents,we hereby formally request t 22Q1 our application for an amendment to the City Texas Avenue be tabled until you have received input from your city planning time_a discuss ran on the potential comprehensive plan,revisions.Please contact me to setup a issues with your consultant. If you have any questions,please call. Sincerely, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP Gre &y K. aggart,RPLS 777 cv".1-- Managing Principal Ed WdrS:E0 900E TT 'heW £ v- 69-6L6: 'ON Xtid dflO 9 1N3Wd01O( a lidd I O I Nf1W: WOdA : t( 255 I Texas Ave.South,Ste.A,College Station;TX 71840 ``q . Ofc:979.693.5359 Fax:979.693.4243 Email;rildgcstx@yahoo.com yahoo.com tiq It' ,40 FACSIMILE TR.ANSMITF AL SHEET 1 r c.TO: 1 / Aft FROM: 4 ' ! A. ' • W- DATE: FAX NUMBER: ISN PlIONE NUMBER: 43-4) 41.2 361 TOTAL NO. OF PAGES: [URGENT ❑FOR REVIEW Ol'LEASL' COMMENT OPLEASE REPLY ❑PLEASE RECYCLE NOTES/COMMENTS: Confidentiality notice:This facsimile message and accompanying communications and/or documents are intended for the exclusive and confidential use of the individual orentity td which the message is addressed to. • Td WdZS:E0 900E TT 'hEW D7E1-269-62_6: 'ON XUJ dfOa9 1N3WdO19(19G 1Ud I O I Nf1W: Wald -4444 CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Planning e.Development Services .aer May 5, 2006 Mr.Greg Taggert Municipal Development Group 2551 Texas Avenue South, Ste.A College Station,TX 77840 Dear Mr.Taggert: This letter is to inform you that I am in receipt of your application for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan (Land Use Plan) for the property located at 2201 Texas Avenue, in College ,Station. As you may already be aware, the City of College Station has begun the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan. Because this update will be the first holistic review of the Comprehensive Plan since its adoption in 1997, it is anticipated that there will be substantial changes to the Land Use Plan. Because of the impending update, staff will recommend to the Planning &Zoning Commission and City Council that there not be any ad hoc changes to the plan at this time. Your application did meet all minimum submittal requirements, and so you may proceed forward with your request to the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council if you wish. Again, staff will recommend to the Commission and Council that no changes be made until the City's Land Use Plan can be studied as a whole. Please contact me at 979.764.3570 to let me know if you wish to proceed with your application. Thank you! Since Jennifer Prochazka,AICP Senior Planner cc: Case File#06-82 P.O.BOX 9960•1101 TEXAS AVENUE COLLEGE STATION •TEXAS•77842 979.764.3570 www.cstx.gov